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Joel,
Your stance has been seen by the national level folks, I would not be concerned with the uic's comments. I went out of town & worked our 18&U A states & ended up working the final. The next week, I went out of town again and did the 18&U A regionals - and my state uic was the tournament uic. His plate stance is a lot different than mine - probably 'cuz he is maybe 5'6" and I'm a bit taller & less "round". He watched me Friday night on the plate & decided that I'd do the plate for the final. Unfortunately, I had to head home Saturday evening so I could go apply a quarterly maint tape in the office on Sunday. He recognized that stance is related to knees & size & all that. He did do a lot of work on one of the guys who had just come back from the advanced national school, 'cuz his plate stance just wasn't right - bent over at the waist rather than squatted.
On another note, working men's majors this past weekend, I got nailed at least 6 times with fouls. Sometimes that happens. I work the slot with a wide stance and don't think I have been hit more than a couple of times all season. At that level, even with all the gear on, the hit is pretty jarring.
And I'm off to a "showcase" invitational this weekend, but I think I'll be there partly to evaluate some other umps.
Steve M
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