Catchers have been doing this forever. Before "framing" we'd just say the catcher fooled the ump. And I do think catchers can fool umps in this manner and they should try to when they feel the time is right. I agree that making it a catcher's "tool" is stupid. Ceetar wrote: 2.4 inches from center of zone. This one is literally 1.1 inches from the center of the zone. both called balls thanks to poor framing. (And the Umpires being influenced by it) Two horrible examples. #1. Awful catcher #2. Catcher was more concerned with a possible pick off.