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I umpire for the same reason I played baseball: because it's fun. It's fun to improve at this avocation; it's fun to hustle; it's fun to make a call on a very close play; it's fun to know the rules so much better than the coaches; it's fun to be a part of a game that the kids so enjoy playing and their parents so enjoy watching; and it's fun to have a modest pool of cash at the end of the year to splurge on something you otherwise couldn't because you had fun all year officiating.
What's not fun is loosing the count because of a momentarily diversionary event. So use an indicator and only look at it when you must.
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