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Originally Posted by fonzzy07

hey. I am currently a basketball official and due to the request of an AD I am going to take the leap to baseball. I told him that I would only work is jr high games next year as I have no experience. He wants me to jump right in however and work the plate and he will provide a baseump. I would love to start studying now, I know from basketball that you can know all the rules and still be terrible as alot has to do with game experince. Could you guys give me some pointers to get started, just reading this forum has helped already. thanks

I took the same road 3 years ago. I actually prefer the plate rather than the bases. Call balls and strikes w/ confidence.

One other thing I do is ask both catchers their first names and call them by it the entire game. I aslo tell them my first name and tell them it is ok to call me by it rather than "sir" or "blue". Although very few do that.