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Originally posted by Baseball_North
You [Rich Fronheiser] seem to have the attitude of an umpire that has never played the game before.... and does not know what it is like to be in the players' shoes.
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BN;
I believe that I have about the worst "attitude" here. My abrasiveness is continually criticized by the wimps and wannabes who inhabit the boards.
Rich's, Tee's, Carl's, WCB's and my attitudes (as well as numerous other umpires of accomplishment) are formulated because we know what were doing and have little patience with greenhorns and wannabes who think that they know what they are doing. You should listen more and write less. We know what were doing. An BS umpire like yourself, in an unruly bush league, has nothing on us.
BTW, I can't speak for Rich, but I played NCAA baseball. It was only D-III but it was real baseball. I have been hit by the pitch, engaged in cheating (at my coach's direction), and know exactly how to behave like a "rat." It is exactly why I have so little tolerance for BS.
Peter