Re: Basketball or Baseball? Which refs/umps have the harder job?
Baseball is much easier, because it's very linear. Pitcher pitches, batter makes contact, ball is fielded, next play. In basketball, a PG drives, the C may come over to challenge, the PFs are battling for position under the basket, the SF attacks the rim looking for the pass - all these things happen simultaneously.
In addition, in basketball most of the calls involved are judgement calls: did he actually get hit on the arm? did he push with his arm, or just use it to hold his position? did he come over the back? who initiated the contact? In baseball most of the calls are black and white - strike or ball? safe or out?
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