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Originally posted by Soup
I would think that some of you would have come across this before, If this gets asked to umpires all the time and your tired of it I apologize before hand.
I came across this question and I figured, why not go directly to the source...
Three umpires are discussing "The Art of Umpiring".
The first umpire says that "there are balls and there are strikes and I call them as they are."
The second umpire says that "there are balls and there are strikes and I call them as I see them."
The third says that "they aren't anything until I call them."
Who among the three umpires is the most intelligent? A definition of intelligence would be a useful addition to any replies.
This question applies only to pitches where the batter does not swing. Tipped balls, 2nd strike foul balls, etc.. do not apply to this question.
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JJ has a point. What does intelligence have to do with this equation?
The first umpire says that "there are balls and there are strikes and I call them as they are."
Not proper grammer, but a good statement. Its not if the umpire does not call it.
The second umpire says that "there are balls and there are strikes and I call them as I see them."
A true statement. However, the umpire might have a little problem with this statment if he didn't "see them"
The third says that "they aren't anything until I call them."
Kind of old school, but again very true.
So I agree with all of them -
Thanks
David