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Old Thu Apr 18, 2013, 12:07pm
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA View Post
We are there to umpire a game, not prove how tough we are to the world. Don't know how many times, whether playing or umpiring, that I've heard an umpire refer to pacing or saving himself because of the schedule that day.
I hear you ... but if I were to tell an assignor that I cannot work more than 4 games in a tourney, I'm simply not going to get called. Heck, sometimes if you say you can work Saturday but not Sunday, or vice versa, that's reason enough not to get called.
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