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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
many...D-1, 2, 3, JUCO, HS, and Adult Baseball umpires do as well, at least in this country.
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I think you are mistaken about this as it relates to your geography. I have only seen one umpire working at any of those levels engage in this practice and that was Saturday night (American Legion). In fact I didn't understand what he was doing until I read this thread.
So the point is this, the country is a big place and I know of no college umpires who engage in this practice. In fact, I have never heard or seen it taught.
(Caveat, I do not work JUCO or Adult Baseball. Generally the pool of umpires is the same, however.)