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Old Tue Jul 20, 2004, 03:55pm
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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser

Sounds like a really enjoyable place to umpire. And you sound like a really great partner to work with.

--Rich
Rich;

I would love to work a game with you. You sound too competent to have any major screw ups so you would love working with me.

Peter
From that perspective, sure, we would have no problems. But I just couldn't imagine moving into a new area and having a "big dog" walk on me on a field. And I've seen a lot of "big dogs" do this to "little dogs" when it was the "little dog" that knew his stuff and the big dog was just there for a long time.

Of course, the examples you gave were good ones in that anyone with basic knowledge knows that it isn't a force play just because you can tag the base rather than the runner.

Let me backtrack a bit. I'm not sure I would enjoy working in your group -- as someone who has lived in seven different states and always found a place in the better games after a short while, I don't think I'd have any problems fitting in anywhere. But it sounds like you'd rather crucify someone on a field rather than ever giving the impression that you were part of a crew that contained an umpire that screwed up.....and that's what I don't like. Or maybe that you talk about it so easily....I'm really not sure.

--Rich
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