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Originally posted by jicecone
PAT, Your right and your wrong. Discussion is good.Ive umpired over 15 yrs. Reality, and an understanding of the intent of the rules and how to apply them is what teaches others to be decisive, not 250 cases of what if. That teaches confusion and from that stems undecisiveness, exactly what we dont want officials to be.
Lighten up, it's then end of the season. GOOd LucK
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Jicecone:
'Undecisiveness' [sic], exactly what we dont [sic] want officials to be." That's a great bit of advice. But, unless you have considered IN ADVANCE those casebook situations that arise from time to time, I suggest it will be hard to be both decisive AND right.
Pat laid out a great list of issues that impinge on this thread. You dismiss them by telling him to lighten up. (You told someone else to take some time off.)
Amazing!
I am reminded of the golfer who consistently slices the ball. Finally, someone says: "You need some practice." He says: "I practice every day." Someone says: "No matter how many times you swing the club, if you're doing it wrong, you won't get any better." Umpiring is sort of like that. You've been umpiring 15 years, you say, and....
Carl Childress
[Edited by Carl Childress on Aug 7th, 2001 at 10:55 PM]