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Originally Posted by mbyron
Another consideration: what is the run-of-the-mill umpire like in your area? Around here, we have a lot of chummy old-timers, of various quality as umpires. But the coaches know them all, ask about their kids, etc. Anyone who declines to BS with the coaches before the game could come across as arrogant and aloof merely by contrast with the norm.
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I'd take this a step further and say it's not just the coaches, it could also be the absence of 'chumminess' with the other umpires.