my wife is a school teacher and I work games for the district she teaches in. However, I will not work a playoff game that involves that school, but this is a purely personal decision. Many of the officials in my area are from this area and call ball for the schools that they graduated from.
my belief - it is up to individual umpire to make this decision based upon input from his association. Most of us have a pretty good sense of what situations to avoid, use that judgement.
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Alan Roper
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here - CPT John Parker, April 19, 1775, Lexington, Mass
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