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"One day I showed up to help out with the bases and NO ONE showed up to do the plate. So if I didn't do it - NO GAME WOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYED. I did it. VERY NERVOUSLY."
That sounds an awful lot like what will happen on Minor League baseball fields.
PJ - Yes, the discussion level is often geared towards more accomplished umpires. Some of the mechanics are taken for granted, the assumptions and calls seem arbitrary, but are usually founded upon years of experience. I sometimes find myself reminding others that the advice we give may not be appropriate to newbies. We were all there and know what you go through. Hang in there, pay attention to what you see and hear out there and it will get easier.
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"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers.
You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
~Naguib Mahfouz
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