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Irish:
I think you hit on something right there. I'm not the GAGA they usually get.
Over the past 4 or 5 years, I only worked 3 or 4 nights a season. Now that my oldest doesn't play baseball anymore, I've had some more free time and got to work more nights than in the recent past.
During those past few years, the leagues here have deteriorated to the point where most umpires allow players to be outside of the dugouts during play, hang their bags in the fence in play, and generally let the inmates run the asylum. I don't come from that school. I go out there and bust my hump to be in the best position possible every play.
I have no problem dumping players when they decide they don't want to be there for the night any longer. The problem is, very few others take care of business.
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