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Old Tue Aug 21, 2007, 11:36am
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Originally Posted by Blu_IN
You say that this brings attention to the umpire whom isn't wearing patent leather by coaches and players. I would guess more often than not, the coaches and the players have no idea what the umpires are or are not wearing.

Most coaches have a hard enough time getting simple rules straight in their own minds, let alone sit there and discuss with their assistant the difference between belt styles worn by the base and plate umpire or that the base umpire really should be wearing patent leather base shoes if the plate umpire is wearing patent leather plate shoes.
I have heard college coaches, needing to get the last word in any conversation, walk away with a stage whispered comment that they shouldn't have expected him to get the call right, he doesn't even know what belt to wear. At least at the D1 level, they notice EVERYTHING, anything to use against us. Why give them that ammunition?
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