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I played and coached, and now umpire. It helps to know the game. There are times when I can just feel a play coming on, like a squeeze, or hit and run, or steal, because I did it as a player and called for it as a coach, and the count, the inning, the score; the situation just feels right for it. I am rarely surprised by something that is called, and usually when I am surprised it's because I don't understand why the coach did that thing in this situation. Like, why you want to try to steal third with 2 outs in a close game, when the runner is already in scoring position and can't score from 3rd on a sac fly with 2 outs?
Lee Iaccoca was asked many years ago if any good manager could run Chrysler Corporation, or did you need to know how to build cars to run Chrysler. Lee, of course, knew how to build cars. He pondered for a moment and said that any good manager could run Chrysler, but is sure did help to know how to build cars.
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