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Originally posted by Bfair
Carl Childress (quoted):
Someone posted that surely those guys were "idiot umpires" who had called their last NCAA game, implying they were over-the-hill. I think just the reverse is true. Conference supervisors are looking for umpires who can handle explosive situations with dignity and aplomb.
Carl, I am uncertain as to the accuracy of indicating "someone" called them "idiot umpires". Can you provide that source of statement? As I can best recall, you may have taken a quote out of context.
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Once again, your memory, like that of the Orwell citations, is wrong. I chose not to announce who made the remarks about idiot umpires because Mr. Osborne and Mr. Bible belong to the same email community.
BTW: Here's Jon's comment:
I didn't realize that the UT situation had generated THAT much discussion.
I have not gone to the websites but gather from your comments that quite a lot of talking has gone on. So we are now "idiot umpires" who worked our "last NCAA game"??
Here's the relevant passage:
Let us suppose that U2 is stupid enough to tell the coach that he is 100% sure that the ball hit the batter's foot. The PU, on the other hand, is 100% sure that it did not hit his foot but hit a clod of dirt at home plate. The PU's call stands because he has primary responibility for that call. But our friend, Warren, is saying that we have a protestable situation.
What we have here are idiot umpires who have probably worked their last NCAA game. However, it is not protestable.
Peter
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EWS
at 7:20, 2/21