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Old Thu May 24, 2007, 03:40pm
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Originally Posted by GarthB
When I get older, I might prefer that, too.

I have seen umpires using it miss front and back of bag touches and needlessly get in the way of runners.
I'm 39!

I can't see ever getting in the way of a runner - you're 18-20 feet down the line, shouldn't be a problem. And I can't see missing a back bag touch. I CAN see missing a front bag, and on F3-F1 plays, I'm going to move to the 90 instead. Like I said, though, I've just started trying it out - so I definitely haven't seen everything on this yet.

I do think I get a better view of all the relevant information though. At least so far. Perhaps this deserves a separate topic though!
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