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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
Now, this is twice now in recent days I've heard of a plate umpire standing in the baseline where he has no business standing. It's 3rd baseline extended, not in the baseline itself, people. Sheesh.
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SD Steve, I can see where the topic of doing games over your head or ability level comes into play! When I was doing the pre-game with PU (never worked w/ him before), I got the impression that he had done this some many times he didn't even bother w/ a pre-game or he had no clue! Unfortunately the latter was the case. He never moved from behind the plate (until he was run over), verbalized swinging strikes and yelled fair ball! I am thankful that the players were gentleman, as this could have been a very ugly situation!