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Old Wed Jun 05, 2013, 05:49am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve View Post
So, when you are not in A, who gets the trouble balls down the line?

Maybe just me, but I would rather make that call all day long than trail the batter from home to 3rd or home to home when F9 lets it get by.
I don't mind trailing the batter. Maybe when these 50+ year-old legs aren't as functional as they used to be, I'll reconsider.

My point was there are many umpires who flat-out won't bother to go out from A, no matter what. I don't have a problem with that, per se. But I always ask that question at pre-game so I'm ready to take all the calls in the outfield.
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