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Originally Posted by Umpire@1 (Post 985349)

We are told that all the time also. We are also told the rules are the same, only to find out that is not true in a number of situations.

Don't know what qualified clinician would tell you the rules are the same as they haven't been for nearly two decades

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA (Post 985350)

Don't know what qualified clinician would tell you the rules are the same as they haven't been for nearly two decades

That has been my point to them for years. So please quit saying they are.

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Originally Posted by teebob21 (Post 985155)

Working from the outside is an approved mechanic in Arizona HS play. I may be wrong, but I think this was written by Emily Alexander. It is a good basic summary of the concepts of staying out on a ball hit to the outfield.

http://www.ahssug.org/documents/rule...he-diamond.pdf

Yes...this document was written by Emily when our HS association decided to allow working outside the diamond as a base umpire about 5 years ago.

We don't teach this to new umpires, we continue to teach ASA mechanics of button hooking to start. We do cover working outside the diamond with our more experienced umpires. I will say that I was at the ASA UIC Clinic a few years ago and there was a presentation on why ASA mechanics are what they are. There was a comparison of button hooking to working outside. The only disadvantage to working outside that I agreed with was that it can lead to lazy umpiring.

I already do this is guess (just read the article). Never really attributed it to any rule set mechanic, just what works best for me to get the best view on my first play with where I might need to go after as a secondary response.