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Originally Posted by Skahtboi
I hate anything that interrupts the flow of the game that the players have set, and I feel I have done my best job when no one even knows I was there.
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And I hate this adage(?)
There is no reason for an official to be invisible. Too many umpires try to live by this credo by being GAGAs and that makes a weak umpire.
There is nothing wrong with being noticed for doing one's job. That does not mean an umpire should seek recognition, that will come when earned.
Scott is correct, it is not our field, our game and not even our rules. Umpires are the facilitators of the application of the rules under which the teams agreed to play. Umpires are the controllers of the game. Umpires are icons of fair play and application of the rules. Our mere presence should give the teams a nice, warm feeling of confidence. Okay, I've gone just a bit too far on that one
Nonetheless, there is nothing wrong with people knowing you are there, but why they are aware that you are there.