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Old Mon Feb 08, 2010, 03:55pm
shagpal shagpal is offline
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are you in the "do nothing" camp too? I'm confounded by your reply. no one seems to want to setup up and make the call.

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Originally Posted by ChampaignBlue View Post
I understand your dilemma. We as umps do coach, during the pregame for example when we remind players that there will be do hitting above the belt (ie slide, give up, go around). During the game, during a live ball, we can only call according to the rules. Eventually, no matter what, play will continue but we can't coach even if it is to both sides during a play. Even if you have a player acting up you do the coaching during a dead ball.

Last edited by shagpal; Mon Feb 08, 2010 at 04:02pm.
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