Fri Dec 02, 2005, 09:29pm
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Lakeside, California
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Originally posted by thomaswhite
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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
I've worked with partners in HS varsity games who will ask for help twice a game and think that it's perfectly OK to do so. Why? Is it poor training?
--Rich
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I concur. Umpires need to get their own plays. I have asked for help on plays at first maybe two or three times in 20 years. I work hard to get good angles, and I have my eyes where they belong, as dictated by the playing action. If a throw is on target, I watch the base and F3's foot. If the throw is off-line, I move, under control, to obtain the best possible angle, so as not to get straight lined on the tag attempt. Sometimes when in the middle, you can easily be screened out on swipe tags if you aren't prepared for them. Some guys stand in either B or C and never move out of their little patch of grass. You are supposed to start in those positions, not stay in them. I really get annoyed when partners are in A and still need help on calls at first base. There is no excuse for not getting the call yourself when in A.
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I am sure you are very serious about all of the above and light of the fact that we are eons apart in philosophy and practice, and due to the limitations of this board (interactively),I will allow you your approach to umpiring and make no attempt to unseat what I believe to be a load of bollocks.
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Just what bleedin' part of this bloody post did you have a problem with, matey? My mechanics are as solid as a rock. What mechanics do you use, pray tell? Are you one of those "let's all huddle up and sing cumbayah" type of umpire? And who are you, and exactly what qualifies you to trash my post?
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