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Originally posted by Ump20
Do you think umpires perform better when they work with "regular partners i.e. one to three guys on most games?
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Assuming all are competent, yes, of course. For the same reason that a top baseball team will outperform an all-star team.
There would be the same kinds of tensions you see on any team (grumbling about the showboat, or the team member who doesn't support the team, or the team member who coasts along and makes the others cover for him, etc). But all else being equal, the team would call a better game than a collection of interchangeable umpires who never work with a regular partner.
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Originally posted by Ump20
Do they improve their skills doing so? Jim/NYC
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Maybe. They would definitely improve their ability to work together. If there was a highly skilled team member, the others would learn from him, but he may not improve much.