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Originally posted by jcv44wf
I was a gentleman long before I was an official and real gentlemen don't behave as you have and continue to do.
I not sure you have ever been either a gentleman or a referee base on your comments here to me.
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John;
I used to be called "His Holiness" which was a name given to me about 5 years ago by the editor of this site. However, certain umpires of the Catholic faith were offended by my use of the name by which their Pope is known so I was promoted to "His High Holiness." Besides, I refused to umpire games in a dress.
To answer some of your questions, there aren't any gentlemen here. You are receiving the exact same treatment as every newbie to the site.
Mr. DeNucci and I umpire in Virginia which is about as capitalist a state as exists in the country. We are as anti union and anti worker as they come. The likelihood of any assignor turning over his records is zero. I can understand that in socialist New York these things might be possible. I say this as a member of one of the few umpire unions (recognized by the IRS) outside of MLB in the country.
The tone of the comments directed at you is due to the fact that this and other message boards have a long history of newbies showing up with a litany of complaints, only to disappear into the night after the truth of their complaints has been exposed. We have been lied to and mislead so many times that we assume that any new person who shows up is a liar. You have to establish yourself to obtain the reputation as a teller of truth. The questions that you have been asked are exactly like the ones that a police officer directs at a suspect to a serious crime. Right now, for the purposes of this board, you are suspect and will be treated as such. Answer the questions, establish the facts, and within a few months you will be adopted into the fraternity of interrogators.
Peter