Socializing with the players & coaches? No way to avoid it in my area. We all travel in the same circles. Most of the umpires in Delaware have played with many of the players on the field at one time or another and some still do play.
Delaware is small and if you didn't umpire games where you knew, socialized or were related to someone, they would never have an umpire on the field.
Just the way it is.
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