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Originally posted by mcrowder
Thank you, Rich.
We are not the game. We officiate the game. We should not, because of our egos, affect the outcome of the game. Ejecting a player because he can't catch is absolutely the worst thing I've ever heard on this board.
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Some of you people must be really great umpires because you have very selective hearing/recall/perception.
Nobody said "we are the game." I said we a a necessary part of the game.
Nobody has said "eject because he CAN'T catch." The discussion on this thread, the half of it that actually has been germane, has been about catchers that CAN catch but are to lazy to make the effort to perform that catch.
Perhaps some of you need to go back and read the original post... rather than taking your own personal frustrations out on people you can't see... for a situation that isn't what we are discussing.
I would skip the selective, out of context clippings as you re-read.
Oh, and I am worthy to post to this board and very likely I am worthy enough to work baseball games with anyone that posts on this board at whatever level they work.
Telling people they need to get off the field or hang it up based upon this discussion is more than bold, and likely, just simply narrow-minded/puerile.
Maybe it's time for me to take a break before it really does get worse.