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Originally posted by BJ Moose
So let me get this straight, says the JURY FOREMAN, who knows NOTHING about baseball or umpiring.
The choices are, Make a MISTAKE, do not change the mistake, and allow TEAM A to be punished for your mistake
or. Make a MISTAKE, correct the mistake, put the situation at a point that would accurately and exactly reflect a point in time in a parallel universe in which the mistake was not made.. IOW -> the end result is the CORRECT CALL.
Mmmm.. let me think....
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I am truly sorry, Mike.
I am sorry that I let myself believe that what you really wanted was an honest appraisal of your actions.
I am sorry that you now appear simply to be interested in self-justification.
I am sorry that in order to feel good about your actions in this case you are willing to prostitute your craft to the weird and wacky ideas of HHH.
I am sorry, most of all, that you are simply either unable or unwilling to understand that there is more to officiating baseball than simply "getting it right" every time.
Finally, I am truly sorry that I credited you with a geniune desire to improve.
And, Moose, you must believe me when I say that NO-ONE is more disappointed about this than I am. I have known you through the Internet for a LONG time, and I was never more disappointed in you than I am right now.
One last word, despite your keeping score in the heading of your last post this is NOT a contest of egos. This is supposed to be about helping each other to become better officials. I despair that you will ever recognise that fact.
Cheers.