💡 Trivia Baseball Umpires

[Beatriz9]

Baseball umpires used to sit in rocking chairs​

Nowadays, we're used to seeing baseball umpires crouch behind home plate ready to make a call on the whirlwind action. But prior to 1859, the pros responsible for handing out strikes sat in chairs behind home plate.

And while that seems weird enough, what makes it even stranger is that they used rocking chairs 20 feet behind where the batters stood.

(s) bestlifeonline

 

[DiegoBigo_64]

Mostly kasi matatanda na mga homeplate umpires at grabeng strains din sa baywang nila magcrouch kaya siguro noon may rocking chair(which i'm not sure kung nagkaroon nga) pero it would be a safety hazards lalo na sa mga nagi-slide o tumatakbo sa home base.