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Old Thu Jul 14, 2005, 08:36am
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I guess we all can't be professionals like Tim C. guys. We'll just keep umpiring our "fake" games
Definition: professional- One who earns money for a skill or craft that they speacialize in.

Translation- If you get paid for umpiring games, you are a professional.

I agree with Tim C though i umpire a summer rec leauge that my son is in for just the fun of baseball, I know it is not real baseball. And although it is not weird baseball i see things like some umpires will never see in there life, such as the other night when a pitcher did a 360 on the pitching plate and balked about 10 times. My point is that its not realy games but they still can be fun if you arn't just in it for the monney. And as far as any leauge goes if your just in it for the money, just quit now cause you will never be great. ( not to say im great or anything
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I guess we all can't be professionals like Tim C. guys. We'll just keep umpiring our "fake" games
Definition: professional- One who earns money for a skill or craft that they speacialize in.

Translation- If you get paid for umpiring games, you are a professional.

I agree with Tim C though i umpire a summer rec leauge that my son is in for just the fun of baseball, I know it is not real baseball. And although it is not weird baseball i see things like some umpires will never see in there life, such as the other night when a pitcher did a 360 on the pitching plate and balked about 10 times. My point is that its not realy games but they still can be fun if you arn't just in it for the monney. And as far as any leauge goes if your just in it for the money, just quit now cause you will never be great. ( not to say im great or anything)

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Old Thu Jul 14, 2005, 01:24pm
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"Definition: professional- One who earns money for a skill or craft that they speacialize in.

Translation- If you get paid for umpiring games, you are a professional.

I agree with Tim C though i umpire a summer rec leauge that my son is in for just the fun of baseball, I know it is not real baseball. And although it is not weird baseball i see things like some umpires will never see in there life, such as the other night when a pitcher did a 360 on the pitching plate and balked about 10 times. My point is that its not realy games but they still can be fun if you arn't just in it for the monney. And as far as any leauge goes if your just in it for the money, just quit now cause you will never be great. ( not to say im great or anything)"

Just because it is rec-ball does not mean that it is not "real" baseball. It's baseball no matter how you look at it, the level and competitiveness is just not as good. Do I have fun doing it? You dang right, I love umpiring. Do I also do it for the money, you dang right. Factoring the prices out, it equals out to being around $20 an hour that I make, to a junior in college, that kind of money is gold. Maybe not to you or the big-dogs on here, but to me it sure beats flippin hamburgers or lifting boxes for $7 an hour.
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Old Thu Jul 14, 2005, 07:41pm
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and by the way drumbum. We can tell you don't know anything because there is no such thing as a "pitching plate". It's a pitcher's mound. Try to at least use the correct terminology. Now I understand why an adult is umpiring rec-ball.
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Old Thu Jul 14, 2005, 08:46pm
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Old Thu Jul 14, 2005, 09:31pm
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You need to correct the NFHS then, dudeinblue - THEY refer to the "pitcher's plate".
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Old Thu Jul 14, 2005, 10:11pm
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I promise,

"We can tell you don't know anything because there is no such thing as a "pitching plate". It's a pitcher's mound. Try to at least use the correct terminology. Now I understand why an adult is umpiring rec-ball."

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I will be nice, I will be nice, I will be nice, I will be nice, I will be nice, I will be nice.

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Old Thu Jul 14, 2005, 11:11pm
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You need to correct the NFHS then, dudeinblue - THEY refer to the "pitcher's plate".
You better write some letters to get the NCAA book and the OBR corrected too.
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Old Thu Jul 14, 2005, 11:12pm
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You don't have to be nice. Correct me and rebuke me if I am wrong. I have just never ever heard it referred to as a "pitcher's plate" in my life and I played it in high school and for 2 years in college and have been umpiring for 3 years now. Am I wrong, please let me know? To my knowledge, it is a rubber on the pitcher's mound, and home plate, correct?
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Old Thu Jul 14, 2005, 11:16pm
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alright, sorry rickfriedmann. I just checked and the OBR does refer to it as the "pitcher's plate" in some instances. But the majority of times it is called the rubber. I had just never heard that so now I know something new. Sorry I answered that way. As stated before, I am 21 years old and have been umpiring 3 years, I have alot to learn. Sorry again
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