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Old Tue Mar 04, 2014, 05:46pm
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Sorry for opening this can of worms.

The reason I brought it up is when I was at a state clinic last week and , while discussing working the "B" position, one of the instructors made a comment something like "you don't need to be calling balks from this position anyway". I said nothing but didn't think that was the consensus among people I had worked with.

I do wish you gentlemen would take on a more civil tone when discussing a legitimate question.
We all know that there are umpires or experienced umpires that advocate what you were told. It is sad because it makes no sense logically when the BU really has nothing else they are watching. And it is like the "Don't call a check swing from the A on a left hand batter" or do not do the same from the A or middle. The problem is that mentality is often not supported by anyone that produce mechanics books or develop these overall philosophies. There is a reason there are two of you out there. If we are going to only rely on one umpire, why have two at the very least out there?

And the civility IMO is more about the way umpires approach this sport. But I have been stating that for years on this site.

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Old Tue Mar 04, 2014, 06:55pm
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Right. You wouldn't like working with me or all of my regular HS/college partners, then.
What about your regular LL partners?
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Old Wed Mar 05, 2014, 01:28am
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What about your regular LL partners?
Same people, actually.
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Old Wed Mar 05, 2014, 08:48am
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With this response, you *must* be trolling. Or you just stepped in from the mid-1980s.
OK, ya got me. Actually, I thought this wording:

"(A)m I free to call one if it is really egregious?"

from the OP was trollish, and didn't realize until his later clarification that he was serious.

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
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Old Wed Mar 05, 2014, 10:35am
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OK, ya got me. Actually, I thought this wording:

"(A)m I free to call one if it is really egregious?"

from the OP was trollish, and didn't realize until his later clarification that he was serious.

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
Heh, good one. I love getting sucked in from time to time.

Maybe I should reword that.
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