dvice is easy. Now into my fifth decade of umpiring (I have to write things like that occasionally ... Carl desperately wants to believe he’s not the only dinosaur with a mask), I’ve asked and been asked "the question" more times than it’s comfortable to remember. Ah, but that three sentence limit! Obviously the Old Man of Edinburg is not anxious to bale the entire Internet harvest. He leaves it to us weary writers to cull the wheat.

Chances are you’ve heard the things I’m about to offer. I hope you can find a slightly different message this time around.

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