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Old Wed Apr 20, 2011, 05:28pm
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Bottom line for some seems to be it's OK to play in the street because it's the car's fault if you get hit.
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Old Wed Apr 20, 2011, 08:22pm
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Bottom line for some seems to be it's OK to play in the street because it's the car's fault if you get hit.
I don't get the analogy. Seems to me like some are saying it is not our job to tell you not to play in the street because you might get run over by a car.
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Old Wed Apr 20, 2011, 08:37pm
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Bottom line for some seems to be it's OK to play in the street because it's the car's fault if you get hit.
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An umpire enforces the penalties when rules are broken. As others have suggested, an umpire who tells a player to get out of the way, pick up a bat, don't apply a tag so hard is being an OOO. You create an advantage for one team when you influence the outcome of a play. I am reminded of a partner who bit off a bit more than he could chew during a college game a few years ago. The first baseman was a goon. He spit on the feet of runners leading off first. If a guy would slide back on a pick off attempt, he would slap the mitt down hard enough to cause tempers to flare. He loved it. A partner thought he could handle this player through 'preventive umpring'. vefore the game he told him to behave and not slap the mitt on opposing players. After the first time he did it, my partner casually warned him that he wouldn't allow him to keep doing it. An inning or two later the guy slapped the mitt hard on the diving runner's helmet. My partner told him that if he did that again he was going to be ejected. The next pick off saw the fielder slap his mitt hard into the runner's midsection instead. My partner fumed and the fielder smirked knowingly. From then on, he slapped hard tags to different parts of the runner.

Enforce the rules, no need to coach.

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Old Wed Apr 20, 2011, 09:19pm
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Bottom line for some seems to be it's OK to play in the street because it's the car's fault if you get hit.
how would you feel if a ump told you how to coach??? coaches coach
umps ump and players play--that is the way it is.
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Old Wed Apr 20, 2011, 09:24pm
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Bottom line for some seems to be it's OK to play in the street because it's the car's fault if you get hit.
Pretty close, Rich. I'm not being paid to tell players where to stand.
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