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Fri Sep 15, 2006, 06:17pm
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Umpiring is not rocket science!
Anyone can read a rulebook but it takes inquisitiveness to find out what the rules mean. Anyone can wear a uniform but it takes pride to make crisp creases and shine your shoes just right. Anyone can stand there and let a manager ream you a new a$$hole but it takes control to talk him down and get the game going again. Anyone can run a coach but it takes experience to know when to let him speak. Anyone can call a swing but it takes understanding to know if that was a offer or not. Anyone can call balls and strikes but it takes a certain drive to do it over and over until you get it right. Anyone can call a runner safe or out but it takes a person with knowledge and a set of balls to call the interference or obstruction. Anyone can walk onto a baseball field dressed as an umpire with everyone expecting him/her to be perfect but it takes an umpire to get better from there! No, Umpiring is not rocket science but it is not for everyone either.
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