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Old Wed Jan 19, 2011, 05:05pm
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And for shaking kids hands, why not shake their hand? They are showing sportsmanship like we claim they are supposed to do. We are not adversaries; we are playing a role in a game. What is the big deal? And when kids have seen you over and over and over again, I am not going to treat them like I do not know them. In my case I might see the same kid in a college game and they will remember me. I care about these kids as people, not just some player that I will never see again. I take my job as an official very seriously, but I am a human first and foremost before everything.

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I dont see why so many guys hate doing it so much!
I've seen it avoided 3 different ways:

1. Stay opposite until intros are complete (theres a chance they will run 50 feet to give you some love anyway).

2. Aftet the Anthem plays Umpires run to the block & R goes opposite (the seperation may deter them from showing you some love).

3. Just go behind the table & begin stretching.

IMO none of the above promote good sportsmanship
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Old Wed Jan 19, 2011, 05:09pm
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I don't see anything particularly compelling either way with this. I don't seek it out, but I don't balk at it either. It's the same as the kids shaking my hand after the game.
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I don't see anything particularly compelling either way with this. I don't seek it out, but I don't balk at it either. It's the same as the kids shaking my hand after the game.
I am not advocating going out of your way to shake hands. I am just wondering what is the big deal?

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Old Wed Jan 19, 2011, 05:38pm
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I am not advocating going out of your way to shake hands. I am just wondering what is the big deal?

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Old Wed Jan 19, 2011, 05:39pm
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I wasn't responding to your post.
That is the funniest thing you have said in some time.

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That is the funniest thing you have said in some time.

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You know what they say about a stopped clock....
It finds a nut once in a while?
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You can't make him drink?
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You know what they say about a stopped clock....
It gathers no moss?
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I don't see anything particularly compelling either way with this. I don't seek it out, but I don't balk at it either. It's the same as the kids shaking my hand after the game.
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I am not advocating going out of your way to shake hands. I am just wondering what is the big deal?
A few years ago, during a particularly bad influenza season, after all the hand shaking before the game, my partner took a bottle of hand sanitizer out of his jacket pocket and rubbed it all over his hands. Really.
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Old Wed Jan 19, 2011, 10:45pm
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A few years ago, during a particularly bad influenza season, after all the hand shaking before the game, my partner took a bottle of hand sanitizer out of his jacket pocket and rubbed it all over his hands. Really.
Did he do it each time after handling the ball as well?
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It's the same as the kids shaking my hand after the game.
Do you officiate in Massachusetts?
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