most inexperienced umpires get all a-twitter when a coach tells them "good game" or some other such nonsense. Often, it is just a case of a rat being a rat.
Last night, I received a compliment that actually made me proud.
FED game. no runners, fly ball down the RF line, my partner goes out. BR rounds first and I am at the cut at 2B when he slides in for a double. (No throw from F9.) I head back to home plate and as I pass F2, he says "Damn blue. Nice hustle. You were all the way out there at 2B."
It made me feel good b/c he noticed that I was busting my hump to get into position.
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Alan Roper
Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here - CPT John Parker, April 19, 1775, Lexington, Mass
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