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Old Fri Feb 09, 2001, 06:38pm
Dave Hensley Dave Hensley is offline
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> Like all things in life B there are two camps:
>
> 1) The call the game-by-the-rules-by-god type,
> 2) And those that understand that there is gray in all types of calls.

An astute observation, Tee, but I think Bfair's (and some others') problem is the perception that, depending on the issue under discussion, Carl, Warren, et. al. are as likely to be in Camp 1 as Camp 2.

> B, umpiring ain’t that tough. It is the combination of using a set of
> rules, a good dose of experience, and a heap of common sense to get
> through each game with your skin on.

An even more astute observation. As the pilots say, "any landing you walk away from is a good landing."