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Originally Posted by youngump
Suppose an umpire wished to get better at dealing with timed games. The only option right now is to ask another respected umpire. And that's not bad, but it's nice to empower umpires too by actually putting in writing some training on it.
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And if an umpire wanted to get better at dealing with darkness issues, where does he go to now? 
I, too, prefer the "limit plus one" method. Instead of "no new inning after 1:20", make it, "one more inning after 1:10", and be done with delay tactics. The other option to get those pool-play games in is to just make them five innings long.
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"Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can't resist." -- Bob Uecker
Last edited by Manny A; Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 02:56pm.
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