[Rich]

Originally posted by phumbeutel33
The 'N'owledge on this site borders on the hilarious. One of the respondants to my lengthy diatribe says:

"You didn't specify which umpires you were asking about and you think it's our problem?"

Now, this was something I was accused of earlier, so I addressed it in my, admittedly, long response. But I shouldn't expect anyone here to be capable of reading more than four sentences at a time.

Check this quote from my response:

"As far as what umpires I'm curious about and reading my mind, I don't know how that was so ambiguous. If you had an answer or a site to point me to, I imagine they'd review all the MLB umpires. I can find all the playoff umpires from there. I would think a site that reviews umpires would review all of them."

Anybody else want to send the same accusation at me for, what, the third time? If you'd like, I can write the obvious again and again and again.

The next attempt at taking a shot at me says:

"Since you started the thread, are you included in your insult?"

No, I'm not. As I stated (and you quoted in your response) "So without further commentary, I bid all of you respondants a fond "**** you!" Enjoy the playoffs, you ****ing forum dorks!"

The statement, by the very nature of it's sentence structure, is directed at the "respondants". "Respondants" means "those who respond." As I was the originator of the thread, I cannot be a responder to myself. As you were all responding to my horrible, obscene, unbelievably idiotic question of:

"Does anyone know of any location where I can get a thorough review of each umpire's tendencies behind the plate, strike zone, consistency, etc.? Thanks in advance."

...well, then you would be the respondants.

Is this just a place where angry, disgruntled, ex-softball players go to vent their frustrations? Fascinating. Truly fascinating. A wonderful study in Internet Personality.

But please, keep it coming. This is something fun to do inbetween innings. I love to see that a simple question, asked in good faith and honest curiosity (with, admittedly, an interest in gambling), can provoke such a whirlwind of hostility. Fun.

Next batter?

Ex-softball players? You're an idiot. This is a forum for amateur sports officials. Most of us don't give a crap how ML umpires call balls and strikes.