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Originally Posted by jimpiano
God forbid we should ever use a non-prescribed book mechanic that actually helped a player understand the game.
Why should we point to first base when a 35 year old office manager walks in her first game ever?
Or hit our fists to let a 60 year old minister know his pitch was a ball because it hit the plate?
Well, without the players enjoying the game, we have no job.
We owe everyone hustle, a knowledge of the rules, and the mechanics that puts us in position to see the play.
How we signal a strike or a sellout defines us and cannot ever be copied from a book written by a committee.
So, pardon me, if I use my individuality to make calls and to use signals the players can understand and learn from.
I am not changing after 35 years to become a clone.
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You're right, we're wrong.
Isn't that amazing, all the games I've worked and I just found out I'm supposed to look like a clone!
If you had any experience at the upper levels, you would see that all those who do it right, all do it a little bit differently. None of us look the same on the field, yet we all subscribed to the prescribed mechanics.
Just continue doing what you do. It actually makes the guys who do it right look that much better. And for that, thank you.