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Originally posted by JRutledge
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Originally posted by GarthB
You have apparently confused "a judgment call" with "every judgment call".
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No Garth.
If you want to change a Balk call your partner makes (which is not based on a misapplication of the rules). Then you should be able to change a tag play at second bases as the PU. Change a ball to a strike as the BU. Change a checked swing call, when you are not asked. Because the responsiblity is to "get it right?" So why stop at just one call, change them all if you need to.
Peace
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Never said I wanted to change ANY call my partner made. I game an example of one umpire providing information to another that led to the ruling umpire to change his own call.
One problem with "slippery slope" arguments like the one you make is that they are often, as in this case, based on ridiculous exaggerations of a point that was never intended to be that encompassing. My logics professor referred to it as arguments of the absurd that poeple fall back on when they either can't make their own point within realistic bounds or have no substantiating data.
Instead of altering others' points, address them as made, either pro or con, doesn't matter. Just don't feel so free to put words in others' mouths. Unless of course you're auditioning for a writing gig at officiating.com