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Old Sat Jan 30, 2016, 04:20pm
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA View Post
Disagree. The entire game is based on variables and the umpire must adjust to the fielders, not the other way around. And for the reasons posted earlier, I would always keep the umpire near a fielder when possible.

As a batter, I loved it when the umpire would position him/herself in a hole. I would use that umpire as a target and try to put the ball right in his/her face and hope s/he would get out of the way as I knew that would be a base hit.
The bases are constant. That makes it easier to give a description. Then people also don't take this so literally.
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