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Originally posted by Tim C
BTW, I have NEVER WORKED with a high school umpire wearing a ball bag on the bases. You must work in an area with highly trained umpires.
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A few days ago, I witnessed an egregious misapplication of a rule (batter interference) in a varsity high school playoff game being umpired by the biggest of big dogs in both our local high school and college associations.
A couple of weeks ago, there were reports all over the Internet boards of an NCAA-D1 crew butchering a rule (can't remember specifically, though it might have been batter interference again) in a nationally televised game.
Recently, a fellow umpire on my private list described witnessing a MLB umpire signalling a full count by banging his closed fists together.
A little while ago, Rut's favorite Little League umpire posted a balk interpretation from an authoritative source that fully supported the LL umpire's position on the play in question, and repudiated the "no balk" position that had been taken by a number of this forum's regulars, most of whom are, presumably, umpires at levels more advanced than Little League.
Stereotyping is the crutch of the lazy man, who wants an explanation for the way things are but isn't willing or able to do the hard work required to discover the truth. And the truth is rarely, if ever, as neat and tidy as the stereotypes would have you believe.