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I fixed my earlier post in this thread
I was talking on the phone while typing and did not proofread. My son was giving me a game update from the Louisville v Vandy regional game and I did a dangerous thing-typing while talking. (grin.)
I am in the strike until it is a ball camp. I promise.
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As for the question you ask: no, the umpire should not stay behind the plate. Proper positioning puts him on one of the baselines extended, depending on where the ball's coming from and what type of play he expects.
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Standard mechanics never leave the umpire directly behind the plate for these plays, if that's what you're asking, even if on the rare play that would provide the best angle. Positioning for every umpire is always a matter of playing the odds. Does that help?
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It happens in all sports (I don't work FB, so I won't try to come up with an exact analogy). All you can do is use your experience, and other evidence (sound, the movement of F2's glove / arm) to determine what most likely happened. |
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Try to get in the best position possible to make the call based upon your training and experience, call what you see and move on. If you missed it...try to learn from the mistakes made and don't make them again...then whenever possible, educate one more person about what you learned from that play...then maybe they won't make the same mistake. Sometimes we get 'em right, some times we miss 'em, but we're calling what we see. I guess that's the human element.
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