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Old Wed Jun 18, 2014, 01:49pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by Rich Ives View Post
But it still isn't forbidden.
Well, it's not forbidden for all three base umpires to position themselves around the mound either.

Off the top of my head, I cannot think of something that is outright forbidden for umpires when it comes to positioning and mechanics. That doesn't mean we can do anything we want out there.
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