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260 repeatCount="indefinite" /> 261 </circle> 262 </g> 263 </g> 264</svg> 265 266 267 <img src="/assets/img/placeholder.png" width="100%" data-url="https://res.cloudinary.com/dtf8hxbjn/image/upload/t_w380/v1787925431/On%20Being%20an%20Umpire/a_wqd0cf.png" class="preload"> 268 <noscript> 269 <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dtf8hxbjn/image/upload/t_w380/v1787925431/On%20Being%20an%20Umpire/a_wqd0cf.png" width="100%"> 270 </noscript> 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 <div class="read-icon"> 278 <svg><use xlink:href="#icon-read"></use></svg> 279</div> 280 281 </a> 282 283 <div class="box-info"> 284 <time datetime="2026-08-28T10:00:00+00:00" class="date"> 285 286 287 288August 28, 2026 289 290 </time> 291 <a class="post-link" href="/on-being-an-umpire/"> 292 <h2 class="post-title"> 293 On Being an Umpire 294 </h2> 295 </a> 296 <a class="post-link" href="/on-being-an-umpire/"> 297 <p class="description">I never planned to become an umpire. The job gave me exhaustion, money, stories, perspective, and an unlikely relationship with the man who kept calling me back to the field. This is what remained after baseball stopped being fun and Frank was gone.</p> 298 </a> 299 <div class="tags"> 300 301 302 <a href="/tags/#blog">#blog</a> 303 304 305 </div> 306 </div> 307 </div> 308 </article> 309 310 311 312 <article class="box-item"> 313 <div class="box-body"> 314 315 <a class="cover" href="/the-coverage-project/"> 316 <svg width="50" height="50" viewBox="0 0 38 38" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="loader"> 317 <defs> 318 <linearGradient x1="0%" y1="100%" x2="100%" y2="100%" id="a"> 319 <stop stop-color="currentColor" stop-opacity="0" offset="0%"/> 320 <stop stop-color="currentColor" stop-opacity=".631" offset="63.146%"/> 321 <stop stop-color="currentColor" offset="100%"/> 322 </linearGradient> 323 </defs> 324 <g fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> 325 <g transform="translate(1 1)"> 326 <path d="M0,18.0000525 C0,27.9411416 8.05885836,36 18.0000525,36 C27.9411416,36 36,27.9411416 36,18.0000525" id="Oval-2" stroke="url(#a)" stroke-width="2"> 327 <animateTransform 328 attributeName="transform" 329 type="rotate" 330 from="360 18 18" 331 to="0 18 18" 332 dur="1.9s" 333 repeatCount="indefinite" /> 334 </path> 335 <circle fill="currentColor" cx="36" cy="18" r="1"> 336 <animateTransform 337 attributeName="transform" 338 type="rotate" 339 from="360 18 18" 340 to="0 18 18" 341 dur="1.9s"
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