Tue May 11, 2010, 08:49am
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Originally Posted by TwoBits
I've had rookie umpires point to me on a swinging strike, too. I'm not about to agree or disagree with him. I simply jog in and tell them that once you call a strike, its a strike and by rule, the base umpire cannot give his opinion. It stinks that I have to hold a rules clinic on the field, but I'm not going to break the rules just to support my partner when he is clearly in the wrong for pointing at me in the first place.
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Perfect.
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Officiating takes more than OJT.
It's not our jobs to invent rulings to fit our personal idea of what should and should not be.
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