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Originally posted by His High Holiness
All;
It is things like this that separate the good umpires from the also-rans (Ok Tee, good umpires from LL umpires.)...
...One way or another, this error must be acknowledged or your credibility is permanently tarnished. Never apologize for a judgement error but you must always acknowledge a rules error. The Internet umpire boards are full of idiots who cannot acknowledge that they are wrong. Few respect them here. This is a fatal flaw in umpiring. The coaches won't respect you, nor will your fellow umpires.
Peter
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I must admit that upon hearing the original situation my first thought was dump 'im. But then the articles about "creative ejections" came to mind.
Peter, based upon your posts here, I think that you are stubborn, rude and arrogant. However, my feelings are irrelevant. Your post brings up a very important aspect of umpiring that the rule book "nazis" fail to grasp. This aspect is the politics and philosophy behind our jobs.
One of the things that I tell young officials is spend some time on this board. You won't like everything, but you will learn a lot. (and it deals with real baseball not that LL crap)
Your comments hit the nail on the head and any umpire aspiring to move up the ranks should learn something. Thanks for the insight and I am sorry to see that you are leaving the paid portion of the site.