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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
You claim not care about my opinion, but you've posted a half*assed reply to each and every one. You also claim not to care about my credentials, but then challenge them at every turn. Get a hobby because giving umpiring advice is not your strong suit.
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I think you need to mind your own ****ing business. For one, we do not have to agree. Your way is certainly not the way many individuals I respect would even dare to do. Why, because they feel their partner is just as important as they are. If you do not agree with my advice, do what you feel is best. Because the last time I checked, I have never know every umpire or official to agree with ever practice. That is clear with all the discussions about indicators, drawing lines in the sand and how to handle coach ejections. It is clear that many from different levels and the same levels do not always agree. I do not care what advice any one takes into account. That is their decision. But if you are working with me, you better dare not change any calls I make when it is based on judgment. If I need help, I have been doing this long enough to know when to ask. If I see the entire play, I will make a decision. Have I made mistakes over the years? We all have. I made a couple this year I was not happy with. I have asked for help a few times when I was not sure on a play. I have also not asked for help, because I had a lazy partner standing behind home plate or misread a play and had their back turned. But I have also had some plays that I thought were complete wrong and I did nothing, because I was never asked. I even asked that very question here, and I cannot remember one person telling me, "you should have changed his call."
If you do not like the advice or the things I say, take the advice of everyone else that you feel fits your point of view. But because I have gone to many camps and heard many clinicians speak, and it is very common to hear umpires and officials at the very same level, handle the very same situation differently. Or at the very least, not agree on the procedure to practice. Maybe you need to take up another sport, so you can get some perspective. Because what I suggest does not just apply to baseball only. There is a reason Referee Magazine and I am sure this place has articles that are about officiating as a whole, not just sports specific issues. And this is not just about a baseball philosophy.
Peace