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Originally Posted by DG
Your partner offers bad advise. I never call time when a fielder has the ball anywhere near a runner on the ground who asks for TO to get up. He can either lay there until the fielder gets rid of the ball, or he can climb the base like he has been instructed. Secondly, if we only make the calls that everyone in the park can make then they don't need us. Close calls are where we earn our keep.
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I agree. Don't listen to this bad advise. There are MANY umpires that hide behind stuff like that so as to avoid as much controversy as they can.
Think about integrity.