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Dear Blabby,
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From Carl Childress
"It's impossible to keep our personal philosophy out of the game. The romantic says: "Get every call right, regardless." The realist says: "My job is to see that the game is played as my League wants." The romantic says: "You must be fair." The realist says: "I must ensure that one team doesn't gain an advantage not intended by the rules."
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That's a much nicer way of putting it - inaccurate and no less inflammatory than "ingratiate", but I'll let it slide.
How would a realist answer the following query?
Doesn't one team gain an advantage when an umpire ignores the proper call for appearance sake? As an example, he sees a player miss a base and ignores it because it would require an unusual call on a routine play. Which rule intends to permit this?
Signed,
Hopelessly Romantic
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