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Originally posted by jicecone
Actually Warre,n I was paying you a compliment. Despite any disagreement we may have, you are a good writer.
I too agree with Garth, but probably like most of the guys on this Forum, I deal with the day in and day out baseball from American Legion and below. Working full time as an Engineer limits my College games in the Spring and Fall. A majority of the games are NOT D1v 1 games. Bottom line, most of the ball is not that good. They play in respectable Leagues, however the talent is just not there, compared to the Leagues you work.
Therefore the approach I suggested (which works for me), was tempered to the type of ball I mostly officiate.
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Most of the time that we call a balk though the coaches usually know exactly what the kid has done.
Usually because he has done that and had it called or he has gotten away with it all season.
I would rather our umpires call the balks, thus when we get to playoff and tournament baseball we are not having to call them at that level.
IMO that speaks poorly of the officials during the season.
However, every summer and now with tournaments coming up we will see it often.
But that's with HS and above. In the younger ages it can be done but only if you have a group of officials that work together during the season to educate the coaches and pitchers.
With the shortage of umpires today that is very tough.
Thanks
David