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Originally Posted by jTheUmp
While I'd like to think that no "high school" umpire would do such a thing, it probably depends on the level of "high school" we're talking about. The umpires in a 9th grade game are (probably) lower-level umpires then the ones doing varsity games. An inexperienced umpire doing a 9th grade game might conceivably make a call like that.... I could've seen myself doing something like that in the earliest stages of my umpiring career.
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Even varsity umpires would not be immune to doing this in the right situation. We have a lot of very inexperienced umpires working varsity games because of the dynamics that are involved. I would not put this past a varsity umpire at all. Probably less likely, but still possible.
Peace