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Alright now.. Andy asked for one or the other.
Safe or out? Ball or strike? Rule knowledge or game management?
Had a partner early this season.. had a few year experience elsewhere but been out of the game for a couple of years. His mechanics and game management were pretty good but he had to come to me after calling and INT on runner from 3B who bumped F5 going for a foul fly ball coming down by the 3B coaches box. He was correct in calling it INT but could not remember what we did with the batter in that instance.
It was a HS game so the batter gets a foul ball and remains at bat, R on 3B is out.
My feeling was that his skills in running the game far outweighed the fact that he was unsure about this difference between ASA and NFHS.
Having said that, I am totally not trying to say that rules knowledge is unimportant. Of course I want a partner with both!
I guess in answering Andy's question I was thinking of people who are newer to umpiring. If you don't learn quickly how to actually work the game, knowing the finer details of the rules won't save you.
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