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Article: TODAY'S TOPIC: UMPIRES MLB's new unified system is still a work in progress
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 17, 2000
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Opinions about umpires vary as much as their strike zones.
This season, though, the assessments go beyond individuals because
of the new umpiring system used by Major League Baseball.
Umpires this season worked for the commissioner's office rather
than under the separate banners of the American and National leagues.
In theory, they operate under one set of rules and one defined strike
zone. The theory, though, is still evolving, as are the new men in
the job.
"I thought they did a better job this year," Cubs catcher Joe
Girardi said. "I think, as a whole, (umpiring) has been better. I
don't know the reason. But they've been easier to work with, and I
haven't found it difficult to adjust from ...