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Chess Ref, we know that you are new and I suspect that you are taking this personally. Doesn't matter if it is you or Joe Schmoe making the call, someone is going to yell.
Others will tell you not to listen to the fans. Well, that's baloney. Unless you are deaf, you will hear them. It is how you deal with what you hear that determines if you last as an umpire.
You may try a technique I learned a long time ago - I talk back to those fans!
In my head! I will say, "You dumb SOB! I am only 10' from this play and you can make a better call from 150' away in the right field bleachers. What an idiot!"
In mentally telling them off, you are affirming to yourself that you are right, and they don't know what the H they are saying. You clear your mind and are ready to make the next call. I have done this so long that I dont go through the entire scenario any more. I hear the boo birds and I immediately mentally say Dumb F and I move on to my next position.
WMB
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