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Old Mon Oct 02, 2006, 04:34pm
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Originally Posted by BigUmp56
I don't know about the rest of you, but we train our umpires to not move left or right if a fielder asks us them to move. We ask that they take a step toward the plate.


Tim.
Good idea, because we are more important than the game. Players need to play around us.
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