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Nothing about the field size would have prevented these three from standing in the between inning positions described in the umpire's manual. I can't even speculate why they were standing where they were.
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Luckily, the 3 feet of foul was only the length of the 3rd base dugout (probably about 1/3 of the distance to home plate). It literally jutted out right into the field of play. Otherwise, they had approximately 10 feet of foul territory other than the area in front of the 1st base dugout, which was cut down to about 6 or 7 feet. I have a picture of a ball sailing through the air about 3 feet behind the umpires' heads during warmup throws. I honestly have no clue what they were thinking.
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Those umpires had a death wish. Why in the heck would anyone want to stand in fair territory on the infield in between innings? If they had to have routine between-inning meetings (which they shouldn't have, and should know better if they're working a district final), then take it into foul territory away from the warm-up drills. Even with such small dimensions, I'm sure there was some space they could've occupied in foul territory.
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Interesting. Never heard of such a thing. I avoided any between inning meetings even with 2 man crew. Not moving when requested was not very professional.
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