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magna929

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When the catcher picks a ball in the dirt and the very next pitch is high and tight on the batter and a giant cloud of dirt flies into your eyes  :bang:

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BigUmpire
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My favorite part is when I ring up the first batter of the game on a called third strike on a borderline pitch and both coaches tell their dugouts "Ok guys you better be swinging, this umpire is calli

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I'll take all of those over the one that goes untouched into my forearm...

Majordave
Majordave

This is why I ceremoniously and without any guilt erase all batters box lines myself with my feet by the end of the second inning if not sooner.  I hate batters box lines for the quotes above and seve

Richvee

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When the catcher picks a ball in the dirt and the very next pitch is high and tight on the batter and a giant cloud of dirt flies into your eyes  :bang:

A cloud of dirt beats a spray of mud every day. 

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blue23ll

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Or a pitch hits one of the batter's box lines and sprays white stuff all over you. Now that's fun!!

Kevin_K

Kevin_K

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Or a pitch that hits in the batter's box and splatters your pants, shirt, mask, and face with mud and chalk!

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I'll take all of those over the one that goes untouched into my forearm...

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BigUmpire

BigUmpire

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My favorite part is when I ring up the first batter of the game on a called third strike on a borderline pitch and both coaches tell their dugouts "Ok guys you better be swinging, this umpire is calling a big strike zone"

 

 

Its going to be a good game!

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Jglopez7

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When players respect umpires and know better than to throw you baseballs and hand them to you. And watching batters freeze up on hard fastballs on the inside corner!

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I'll take all of those over the one that goes untouched into my forearm...

TRUE STORY - i haven't been hit in an  exposed area all year..today, after posting this morning, i took a stupid curveball that bounced up, maybe untouched, and got me on the back of my fore arm right above my elbow where there is no meat and i have big painful bump there now

@soapbox was with me

Majordave

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Or a pitch hits one of the batter's box lines and sprays white stuff all over you. Now that's fun!!

 

 

Or a pitch that hits in the batter's box and splatters your pants, shirt, mask, and face with mud and chalk!

 

 

This is why I ceremoniously and without any guilt erase all batters box lines myself with my feet by the end of the second inning if not sooner.  I hate batters box lines for the quotes above and several other reasons.  

 

I don't care what any of you think or say about professionalism or any of that crap. Erasing them erases many problems in my opinion, the least of which is the chalk dust on your pants, etc.,  AND, pay attention to this, NO ONE has ever said a word to me about it in TEN YEARS at any level.  So there, all you OOO's who want to tell me it's wrong.  

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MRG9999

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I'll take all of those over the one that goes untouched into my forearm...

TRUE STORY - i haven't been hit in an exposed area all year..today, after posting this morning, i took a stupid curveball that bounced up, maybe untouched, and got me on the back of my fore arm right above my elbow where there is no meat and i have big painful bump there now

@soapbox was with me

MRG9999

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Never ever reply about not being hit all year. You will be a sitting target next time on the field. I mentioned this to my partner several weeks ago and sure enough got it square on the forearm when behind the plate and next game got lined in the foot on the bases.

BaltimoreUmpire

BaltimoreUmpire

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My favorite part is when I ring up the first batter of the game on a called third strike on a borderline pitch and both coaches tell their dugouts "Ok guys you better be swinging, this umpire is calling a big strike zone"

Its going to be a good game!

They say that when I arrive at the field
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Majordave

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Never ever reply about not being hit all year. You will be a sitting target next time on the field. I mentioned this to my partner several weeks ago and sure enough got it square on the forearm when behind the plate and next game got lined in the foot on the bases.

I must echo this comment. Talking with a partner on way to JUCO game this March. He had been hit with line drive in thigh the day before. I said "never been hit in ten years".

Fast forward to bottom of 9th. Low line drive ricochets off my left shin breaking up what was most probably a game ending DP. Extended game another twenty minutes and I had a knot on my shin just below knee the size of a softball that is STILL sore to this day.

Never say I don't get hit, I've never been hit, etc.

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MikeSafari

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Never ever reply about not being hit all year. You will be a sitting target next time on the field. I mentioned this to my partner several weeks ago and sure enough got it square on the forearm when behind the plate and next game got lined in the foot on the bases.

I must echo this comment. Talking with a partner on way to JUCO game this March. He had been hit with line drive in thigh the day before. I said "never been hit in ten years".

Fast forward to bottom of 9th. Low line drive ricochets off my left shin breaking up what was most probably a game ending DP. Extended game another twenty minutes and I had a knot on my shin just below knee the size of a softball that is STILL sore to this day.

Never say I don't get hit, I've never been hit, etc.

 

 

I get hit all the goddamn time.

 

Though, the guy behind the dish in a three-man championship bantam (16yo) game I worked with yesterday caught five. Two off the mask, one off the CP, one off his shin guard, and one off his forearm.

Majordave

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@MikeSafari

 

Reverse psychology eh Mikey?  Hope that works.  Glad you just got some great new to you gear to protect yourself with just in case this little trick backfires.  

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Jocko

Jocko

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Baseball is the most superstitious sport ever invented!

he says as he offers cigars and rum to Jobu to remove the fear of the strike zone from the balls he's about to rub up.
cyclonehokiece

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Baseball is the most superstitious sport ever invented!
he says as he offers cigars and rum to Jobu to remove the fear of the strike zone from the balls he's about to rub up.

You never mess with Jobu or his rum.

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Jocko

Jocko

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Baseball is the most superstitious sport ever invented!

he says as he offers cigars and rum to Jobu to remove the fear of the strike zone from the balls he's about to rub up.

You never mess with Jobu or his rum.

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RingEmUp

RingEmUp

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Baseball is the most superstitious sport ever invented!

 

You haven't been around hockey much then I take it. 

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