Thread: Angle/Distance
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Old Thu Oct 12, 2006, 08:01am
ctblu40 ctblu40 is offline
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Originally Posted by DG
Damn blu, does your association tell you when you can scratch?
You misunderstood. There are about 120 umpires in my HS association and who-knows how many in my college group. I work about 150 games a season, and I have never seen or heard of an umpire practicing positioning during warm up throws.

As for stretching, we are told to do that before taking the field. What would happen if I decided to stretch on the field? I don't know, but I just do it in the lot/dressing room for the same reason I always put my right shoe on first... habit.

I guess I just find it curious.
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