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Originally Posted by RPatrino
Durham...well said.
You can't let what other's do affect how you do your job. We've all heard it, " the guys in the last game let our players sit on top of the dugout", or some other such nonsense. We all know the rules, we all know how to call ball games. Where we earn our game fees is when its "time to umpire". Somebody has to step up and do the right thing, and do it everytime. You can't ignore the little stuff, because eventually the little stuff blows up and you have a major issue on your hands.
It was also mentioned that sometimes we talk too much. One of my mentors is of the opinion that you should never use more than 5 words when describing a situation...
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Bob, I would agree, spend more time listening and less talking, the fewer words the better. One way I do that and I shared with the class was with the bullet "Did you really see that?" I tell them where on the body they were tagged or with which foot and where on the base they tagged or missed the base/plate.