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That's up to you, of course.
Every umpire has his own concept of what is important. When I see an umpire with his hands behind his back, I simply assume he is an untrained umpire that doesn't know any better. Then I wonder what else he doesn't know or do.
A lot of assignors feel the same way. Some don't. You have to know what is expected of you where you live and at the levels you work.
I work all levels, mostly HS varsity, small college, and adult baseball. Yet I would never imagine working differently even if the participants were 9-10 years old (which they were this weekend in a couple tournament games I worked). I expect to get hit, it's part of the game and part of the tradeoff for getting good, balanced positioning in the slot.
Rich
[Edited by Rich Fronheiser on Jul 29th, 2003 at 09:01 AM]
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