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Originally posted by David B
Rich makes a very good point. I had a very tense game last week 4-3 and I never realized it was the 7th inning. I thought we had one more inning to play.
No big deal, I just really don't pay a lot of attention to the score or the inning either.
What was important is what was going on inside the fence.
We have a scorekeeper to handle all of the other stuff.
I know its important to know and anticipate what might be fixing to happen in the baseball game, but I dont see changing your positioning.
Then if they don't do what you are anticipating, you are then "out of position."
Thanks
David
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I do not care what anyone else wants to know, but I want to know so I can leave when it is over. I officiate football and basketball as well, we want to know the score for those sports and make sure it is correct for all kinds of reasons. If football if I do not know the score, I cannot run the clock in a 40 point game, where the "mercy rule" is used. Because if I do not know, I might apply the rule wrong or kill the clock when am not suppose to.
In Basketball, the half and the score are important. For one in basketball the teams are suppose to be going in a certain direction, based on the half. And in basketball I want to know the foul counts and other things so that we can administer things properly.
Now in baseball there are not many situations you need to know, but I want to know when to go home. Because when that game is over, I do not want to be sticking around so that a coach can get in a "cheap shot" or I am on the field when a fight takes place and I am on the field then I have to file reports, if I was off the field I would not have to do anything. If that makes me a bad umpire, then I am a bad umpire. But while others want to be caught by surprise, I do not. I do not in the other sports, I do not in baseball.
Peace