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Originally posted by Jim Mills
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Originally posted by Carl Childress
Once and for all, there is a difference between ignoring a technical balk AT ALL LEVELS and announcing you will not enforce a specific rule in a specific League because you don't like it.
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So, if one ignores a specific rule in a specific league because one does not like it, one is dishonest.
If one ignores a rule common to every league in every league because one does not like it, one is honest.
You're right, there certainly is a difference.
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Originally posted by Carl Childress
Now, don't couple batting out of order with missing a base. A player might bat out of order, and the coach deliberately does not appeal because he gains no advantage. That cannot be the case with a baserunning error. The defense ALWAYS gains when that appeal is upheld.
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It is ironic that you are critical of a rule that does not allow an umpire to unilaterally impose a penalty without first receiving a complaint from the offended party. If I'm not mistaken (and I'm not), you recommend instances of ignoring the infraction even when the offended party does complain.
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Jim: Refresh my memory: Quote me where I said to ignore "don't-do-it" infractions after they were called to my attention. Maybe I'm contracting Reagan's disease.
Or maybe you are, after all, wrong.