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Originally Posted by LDUB
There is a guy running at you, what are you going to do? Stand there and get knocked on the ground, or use your arm/shoulder to protect yourself?
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Throwing an elbow is NOT protecting yourself. If a player did what the umpire did, he'd be flagged. I worked umpire in varsity games,and was run into numerous times. I would turn my body so that I didn't get the full force of the blow, and put my arms out in front to absorb the hit. But I NEVER made an offense move at the runner.
Bob