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I haven't really seen this except 1 time in softball, and as was posted the umpire was actually putting pressure on the catcher and any time she tried to move he was actually shoving her over forward.
This does appear to be a big thing in baseball, and its amazing how many officials insist there is nothing wrong with it and that's how they set their spacing. I was just in Texas last month watching my son in law coach his high school team and virtually every umpire had their hand on the catchers back. I talked to him about it as he was a D1 catcher and asked what he thought of it and he told me he absolutely hated the umpire putting their hand on his back. He said he would always request they please not touch him, he said some would oblige but others would just continue to do it.
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