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Originally posted by WindyCityBlue
Good Morning Gents,
Why the chipper mood, you ask? Since the beginning of the MLB season, I have been telling the membership of a change in attitude for our MLB brethren. I have taken hit after hit about doing whatever is necessary to get the call right, when applicable. Some of our members challenged my experience, knowledge and sense of history. Others hung their hats on the Live and die with your call. mentality. I was chastised for saying that the mechanic had made its way into D-1 ball a couple of years ago and that the Minor Leagues was instituting a similar policy. Again and again, we saw members say how diluted the officiating had become and that huddling over controversial call looked silly.
Then a funny thing happened in the Bronx last night...
Just imagine what would have been the reaction if both of those umpires had subscribed to the mentality that some of you espouse. The greater good of the game was served. A-Rod looked like A-Weenie and the umpires remembered that they are not bigger than the game. That was a beautiful game, in so many ways!
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Yes, WindBag, you have a right to gloat. You're misleading the readership, however, when you imply that you were alone in your position. Almost half of the posters were on your side of the battle. Two of your main antagonists, both with initials JR, have little credibility anyway.