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Originally Posted by TussAgee11
With all due respect, I don't care about my perception, other than my uniform, to other game participants and worrying about what teams think about my umpiring abilities.
I will call what I got, not make calls to make games go more smoothly. And I'm sure the head hanchos will commend me for this.
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Then explore your exception - why do you dress professionally, but otherwise don't care what others think about your performance as an umpire?
I would submit that most of us want to be perceived by our subordinates, superiors, peers, and others as good at what we do. For those with ambition to move up the ladder, such perceptions are necessary, or at least helpful.
The 60' Little League fields are littered with one-year 25 times veterans who have never learned that.