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Originally Posted by NSABlue

In my experience, High school coaches are the worst when it comes to knowing the rules. Many of them are teachers that coach a team for the extra $ but never open a rule book. I have umpired high school ball for many years and it never ceases to amaze me about what high school coaches think.

This may be true, but it is my experience that HS coaches are, as a group, the most respectful of the umpires. I get very little grief from HS coaches. This does not mean they are always pleased with my calls, but they know how to handle themselves, by and large.