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Sat May 15, 2004, 02:51pm
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I've always considered myself to be a rules guy, or at least someone that eventually would be thought of as one. I read this and other boards everyday, look over the book every night and generally question everything that goes on around me. Yes, my wife thinks I'm obsessive but obsession toward a good thing is not neccessarily a bad thing.
I say this because of two booted calls over the last few days. One was an unreported sub at bat in a Fed game ( I called "proper batter" out instead of a team warning). The other was not allowing a run to be scored after a girl failed to re-tag on a catch for the third out. The runner easily passed home before anyone thought of appealing. In both situations my partner (long time vets) and myself walked off the field feeling good about the calls. But something nagged me about each and upon investigation I confirmed my error. I guess we all think and re-think what we do or we wouldn't be on this forum. It just bothers the heck out of me that these things still happen after six years of experience. Anyone else ever annoyed at themselves for booting a rule misinterpretation? 
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Sat May 15, 2004, 06:24pm
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 Actually though, that is what is called a learning experience. Those are two situations that you will never get wrong again. And to quote Martha Stewart, "that's a good thing!" I would worry more about the umpire who misinterpreted the rule, and didn't let it bother him nor even took the time to see if he was in fact right.
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Sat May 15, 2004, 07:07pm
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I complete a personal evaluation of myself after every game. I write down what I think I need to work on, weird situations that arose, rules that I needed to look up, etc. I rate myself, much like our state ASA rates us at tournaments. Then I review these to see how I've done, and to remember what I've needed to work on.
The thing about it is we constantly must strive to get better. I've never called a perfect game...if I ever do, I'll retire. There's always one or two pitches that I'd like to see again. There's always that close play at a base that I'd like to see in slow motion. But that's how we learn...experience.
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Sun May 16, 2004, 03:56pm
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Bluezebra,
I should have issued a team warning in that situation because Fed 3-6-12 Penalty indicates so.
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Sun May 16, 2004, 06:00pm
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Sun May 16, 2004, 08:07pm
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puzzle
We all boot rules every so often. But I've found that with game experience and rules study, a big "light bulb" turns on in our brains, after a while.
This being, why the rule exists, how rules interconnect, and so on. The more games we see, and work, the better we get at putting the rules puzzle together. It just takes time.
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