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dudeinblue,
I gotta tell you man, if you were caught dipping during a youth game in ANY of the youth programs that I work games in, you would be sanctioned for the first offense and then asked not to return again EVER after the second offense.
I call games in LL, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Connie Mack, Stan Musial, and American Legion. All of these leagues have a stern policy regarding the use of tobacco products by participants, and yes we as umpires are to be considered participants in that we are the official league representitives in the game.
Dipping around 10 year old CHILDREN is reprehensibile IMO.
I have never done a game in the Pony or the Dixie youth baseball programs. Maybe those are the leagues you work, and they don't have such a policy. I just cant imagine that they don't.
The majority of the offials responding to this thread, if not all of them, have disagreed with you on this quite openly. You should take their advice to heart. The justification for your actions you have provided this board in regards to being from Tennessee is just plain weak!
Tim.
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