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Old Fri Jan 31, 2014, 08:53pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by Little Jimmy View Post
With the Fed emphasizing equipment checks this year, I once again wonder why Fed softball umpires must check equipment, but Fed baseball umpires don't. I accept that I have to, and I don't have a big problem, but I still wonder why the difference. I assume that Fed baseball and Fed softball offices are down the hall from each other in Indy, and that the heads may even have lunch in the cafeteria sometimes . Really, anyone know why something that is supposedly so important is handled so differently between the sports?
IMO, the fed is still under the delusion that bat and improper equipment is a softall problem that will not ever affect baseball
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