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Wow. I did not know that Pro School 2-man mechanics were not the standard.
I have worked with a few guys who couldn't get around well. We use modified, or "Sunday Mechanics" in these cases. In "Sunday Mechanics", the plate umpire stays home and tends his little garden, while the base umpire covers all plays at 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. He never goes out. The plate umpire has all fair foul on fly balls.
These mechanics are rarely used, and only in extreme cases. Assuming two reasonably able-bodied umpires, standard mechanics apply. All your other ramblings are moot.
I am in pretty sorry shape, myself. I am a diabetic, I'm way overweight, I have had disintegrated discs in L-1 through S-2 vertebrae for well over twenty years now. But even with all of this, I can still get to third base from "A", well ahead of the batter-runner on the triple. I still manage to hustle down to third on a first to third play, and step into the cut and call it from atop the base. I am on total disability, but still manage. When it gets to the point where I can't cover my duties on the field, I will hang up my gear for good.
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Matthew 15:14, 1 Corinthians 1:23-25
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