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Thanks Coach
CoachJM,
Thanks for another good answer/lesson in baseball, and OBR is what I was looking for. I'm in a Cal Ripken league here in CT. As an oh-by-th-way, I really found you post on interference instructive too and will use in training our umps. We use HSers as our umpires in minors... pay them too:-). Most are good, all are willing to learn. They sometimes get sandwiched between the Coaches, so I really loved your tongue in cheek about Coaches making up the rules. All our Coaches played ball in a galaxy far far away, in a time long long ago, and what WE remember, we remember as gospel. (Note the WE, as in me too) As the Commish, my favorite line became, "yes, but look in the book". I always and still do look look to the ump as the 'fount of knowledge'... that's why I prowl this forum. However, with my HS guys, I also tell them there is no shame in pulling out the book to check... since they don't have the experience. Forces the Coaches to take there's out too. Good training for ALCON.
Thanks again, and to the rest of you as well.
SD
Someone mentioned a few threads back that it seemed that fans were becoming more civil. Maybe the sharing of knowledge/experiences in places like this forum is increasing the professionalism of our sport as well as the quality and consistency and that's being noticed.
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