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Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Working SP softball is "exercise?"

I guess there are umps who stay behind the plate, or take a step or 2 to make a call.
I happen to believe (after playing many years of SP), that if I hustle out to get a good angle of 1st, and anticipate throws to 2nd/3rd, --that I dramatically lower the *****ing on calls (cause I'm right there).
Working 3 or 4 games (1 hr per game) as a single ump means that I've left the field after 4hrs of exercise, heart rate up, perspiring, ect, generally feeling good, and the teams appreciate the hustle (big deal lol).
The downside are for those umps working the same diamonds who stay behind the dish--but thats their prob, and trust me, boy do I hear complaints on calls from their games...