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Old Thu Jun 11, 2015, 11:54am
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally Posted by chapmaja View Post

I think I only missed on situation where I should have rotated. I don't recall situation, but I was in the holding zone when a throw game in from the outfield. The umpire who started on first base rotated down to cover the plate. I guess I never heard her communicate she was coming down. Thankfully there was no play. .
Don't ever remember telling partners I was rotating, we just did it. Yes, we took a glance to make sure someone was moving before abandoning a base to move to the next position.

The 3-umpire system is great and not nearly as complicated as many seem to think it is.
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