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Originally Posted by GarthB
I have a perfect record of having coaches who are not blind and can see whether or not foul lines are drawn. Most often, the home coach comments on that as he "takes us around."
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"Takes
us around."
Exactly.
How many solo games do you average per season?
Working solo is a whole different game. You are on an island encircled by sharks without a Gilligan to be your little buddy.
And BTW, working an occasional game solo because a partner didn't show doesn't count.
I'm not saying that every single time you need to give the same kind of speech, but there are some grown up, shaving age coaches who will argue fair/foul calls on their own fields that they did not bother to line. And they usually neglect to mention that there are no lines at the plate conference, not go out of their way to bring it up.
These same coaches, and again, I'm not saying all, but I know which ones are which, will argue close steal plays at 2nd base, knowing full well that you are trying to keep from looking up 3 sets of butts at a play that is over 120 feet away. If these folks want this play called accurately, they should spring for an extra umpire to stand nearby to call it that way.
JMO, YMMV, LSMFT-sold American.