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Old Fri Jun 14, 2002, 09:38am
snrmike snrmike is offline
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Try this idea...

A baseball partner and long-time friend suggests this to all of the umpire recruits at our clinics:

"The runner is either coming to a base or going away from the base."

The rules are clear - as always, but sometimes quoting a specific rules isn't too helpful on a banger at first in a tight game. I use this philosophy almost as a religious mantra when working the bases, and it hasn't failed me - yet!

This is especially useful in any ballgame where the bases are closer than 90 feet and the runners a little faster.

I use the GLM count only as a secondary approach.
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