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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
And let me break some news to you. To work softball, an umpire needs to be in the same, if not better, physical shape as anyone needs to do baseball. If you don't believe it, you are only fooling yourself.
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I respect a lot of what you write, but there's no way that this is true. Consider the baseball umpire who:
(1) has to take a batter-runner to second or third because the base umpire went out. Plate umpire, of course.
(2) has to cover third on a first-to-third, especially on a hit-and-run. Plate umpire, of course.
(3) has to pivot into the diamond with 90 foot bases and college/pro athletes and having to pivot in front of them. Base umpire, of course.
I work 60-foot bases during Little League tournament season. We work behind the runners, just like softball umpires do. It feels like I am anywhere I need to be in about 5 steps.
Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I'd rather work 1 good baseball game than 3 softball games. Others feel differently. Whoopee.
Now, I did like working FP when I had decent pitching and fielding. I felt my reflexes had to be a bit better when working the bases, for certain. But I just didn't get enough good pitching and I'd rather work baseball with mediocre pitching than softball with mediocre pitching.