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Originally posted by Dakota
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Originally posted by Dutch Alex
Just as in softball!
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Hardly.
In softball (and other actual sports) it is so unusual for an officials to even seem to decide the result (remember the Russian defeat of the USA in basketball - when was that - '72?) that it is a big item."
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Why, o why, do coaches and players (M/W) then almost every pitch question your call???
I know this cheap, but since there never are cameras present (in Holland) more and more calls are being questioned... The lower the level, the more complains one get..
I do agree, at (inter)national level players/coaches accept more and ins't it an issue.
I don't agree that jugdes/juries before a game starts already have their winner in mind! Yesterday (or the day before) a (Bulgarian) judge has been removed from Olympic-fencing tournament AND suspended for life after awarding 6 unlawfull points to an Italian player and ignoring 2 fouls of him. This is an example of how one judge has to be punished when f***ing up...
A jury isn't always right. It happens that they blow a call, but not always! Mostly the best player/team wins! We (spectators) doesn't always agree, but whats new?
Standing behind the backstop or even in the outfield one has a better view to a pitch than the umpire...
Alex