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Ronnie,
I agree. I heard this and said this for as long as I've seriously umpired. You never get a second chance to make a first impression. If you take the field looking like the perfect umpire - uniform and conduct - you just bought yourself a couple of innings of pretty much hassle free umpiring. After that, you'll have to earn it. On the other hand, the guys in the basketball game you mentioned may have been the best refs ever, but they looked like bozo the clown & crew and got that kind of respect.
Steve M
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