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Old Sat May 18, 2013, 07:24pm
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Sadly, the BU on that game was all about letting me know how experienced he was umpiring.

He asked me before the game (the visitors were late so we had dead time), how old I was. When I told him he said he had been umpiring 20 years longer than I've been alive. I'm in my mid-30's, which puts him at least into his 60's or 70's. I think he has forgotten more than I've known about the game, which might be part of the problem.
Some people think repetition is experience.

Some people think enough of either means not having to care any more.
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