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Originally Posted by Ump153
You still don't get it.
"Why would you want to do that?" (serious)
"If nobody can see the base, they can't really argue with your safe/out calls!" (joke)
There is a discussion becuase some here apparently think they are responsible for groundskeeping, or they are confused with softball.
Umpires are not groundskeepers. Read Bob's post.
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I didn't ever say we were responsible for groundskeeping. Read
my post. I said that in the pros, the bases are kept clean. In our games, there are no groundskeepers. I guess nobody here has to umpire in some of the sandpits I see here on a weekly bases, but trust me, we work without foul lines or any sort of field maintenance, so the bases get OBLITERATED, not just a little dusty. I will kick the dirt out from in front of second base after a runner packs a ton of dirt up against the edge. I do this after granting the runner time to brush the ton of dirt that got all over him when he slid.
That is all.