In this episode, we begin the USA Base Umpire Mechanics from the Umpire Manual. This is episode 1 of 5 in the Base Umpire Mechanics miniseries. We dig in and cover General Responsibilities (Chapter 5, Section A in the Manual). If you want a free electronic copy of the manual courtesy of USA Softball, go to UmpiringFastpitchSoftball.com and click on the "More" button for this episode to get the link from the comments!