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Originally posted by Carl Childress
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Originally posted by KLooking
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Originally posted by scottk_61
Think about it guys, why do you do it?
What purpose does it serve?
What advantage or disadvantage do you get from it?
How does it improve your game?
How does it help or hurt the players attempts?
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Maybe you should ask these questions even to the Major League umpires.
You wrote a very tough post, Scott. I must admit there are reasonables doubts in it.
But in my rulebook, there's nothing stated about official's duties on the way of calling strikes. So you absolutely lack of any argument.
So I'll tell you: if you, as manager, are going to eat me alive only arguing my style without any broken play happened, I'm tossing you every game of my life.
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Originally posted by Carl Childress
But people with bad habits will always try to rationalize their weaknesses.
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Sorry, I don't get it.
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A bad habit is a weakness. Turning your head is a bad habit. Therefore....
Now, do you believe the umpire who turns his head at the plate after a call gains something from that "mechanics"?
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I say it is not a weakness or a bad habit. Stick to rules, Carl, where you can rightfully claim to have superior knowledge.
I'm not saying I'm perfect. I've picked up some important things to improve my platework this season, especially from some video I have had taken. But this "issue" is just silly. It's just drivel that evaluators like to use in order to stir up crap.
[Edited by Rich Fronheiser on May 30th, 2004 at 12:14 PM]