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Old Sun Jul 16, 2006, 08:33am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by debeau
We are actually getting the softball on TV ESPN .
I thought they were using all 3 man teams .
If so the Umpire stands in the position you describe with a free runner only ie runner only on 2 .
They return around the corner with runners on 1 and 2 .
With a four man team ( boring ) they just stand still .
You're kidding, right? That may be true if the teams hit nothing, but ground balls. Since I doubt that is the situation, a four-umpire game is nothing, but a three-umpire game with a rabbit. Trust me, everyone moves in with four umpires on the field.
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