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Old Thu May 05, 2011, 09:00pm
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Originally Posted by JohnDorian37 View Post
was working 1-man today, big roll of thunder comes in so i call time and tell the coaches we gotta wait half an hour.

they think this is ridiculous and that rule is only for seeing lightning. i tell them it applies for hearing lightning, too, and it's gonna be a half hour. one pulls out the "i'm an ump too, and i never heard of that."

was i wrong?
It's your butt on the line. You are liable if someone gets injured because of your negligence (ie not calling the game when you hear thunder or see lightning). You made the right call.

-Josh
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