Thread: Fair and Foul
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Old Tue Oct 02, 2012, 02:08pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by JJ View Post
This is another reason why a thorough pregame with an unknown partner is valuable. "If you're in the middle I have all the fair/fouls" should let him know he should keep his mouth shut.
In all honesty, this is something I would never cover with my partner during pre-game. It should be common sense that an umpire inside the diamond has ZERO fair/foul responsibility!

The only fair/foul coverage we go over is when the BU is in A.
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