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Also one of the biggest myths in any kind of officiating, is the fact that we think "getting plays right" is what makes us a better official/umpire. Getting a play right is often a perception. There are veterans that have been around, have a vast resume and they will make a big mistake and no one will bother them. They have earned a certain level of respect for years of experience. A rookie has not earned that same level of respect even though they might be better than most veterans are nitpicked by everything they do. If you want to believe that no one makes decisions about you as an umpire on factors like this. Turn your hat backwards. Wear white colored shoes. Wear a pair of pants from Wal-mart. Use and adjustable hat. Do all those things and more then do not complain when other umpires inferior to you get better games or advance or are asked to work the big tournaments. But remember you got the plays right. Peace
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Since you have never had to make a call from 120' to a dirt colored bag then it seems your advice and opinion on this matter should be weighted accordingly |
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I just wanted to make sure I was reading you right and I was. I consider those who are too lazy to get the bag visible to be the "smitties" |
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This should help clarify the issue. If you Garth were doing a solo game and second base was the color of dirt and you could not see it from HP, what would you do? 2nd ? If kicking it did not change it's color then what? |
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Once again this is just an opinion. Feel free to ignore them. I am just sharing something to help out those out that do not know any better. Peace
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have NEVER had any problems seeing a base without "BRUSHING" it like some FISH out there......wow
if you cant SEE a base thats like 2 feet SQUARE and 3-4 INCHES tall from the PROPER position on the field, JEHOVAH man get some LAZIK or quit ferchissssakes YOU are why CHARLIE jokes are POPULAR. NUF SAID DONE with this one |
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2) I would never know whether kicking the bag would change it's color. There are three things I don't do on the field: Give a rules clinic, demonstrate balks, perform field maintenance. |
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well NO need to get defensive once your mistake was POINTED out. its ONLY using a BRUSH on the bases thats WRONG...you can KICK the darn things ALL DAY if you want. BRUSH on BASE is a CHARLIE, dont CARE how many "7U Champeenships of the KNOWN UNIVERSE" they worked! |
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I watched a good, non-Smitty umpire kick dirt off second base yesterday. Actually I'd like to think even those who would "never" do field maintenence would have made an exception in this case. Here in sunny California, we need to water the infields to keep them in playable condition, and a broken water main had left the area around second with 2 or 3 inches of dust. Umpires and fielders could see the base, but baserunners coming at high speed had difficulty in picking up the base. I suppose BU could have stopped the game and called in the field crew to clean the base, he wasn't too proud to take care of it himself. The defense sure wasn't going to do it!
From my point of view, if cleaning the plate is the plate umpire's responsibility, cleaning the bases would be the base umpire's responsibility. The difference is that the bags almost "never" need cleaning. Neither does the pitcher's rubber. |
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