[RPatrino]

Windy, thanks for the thoughtful response.

It is unfortunate that I missed some deleted threads, it really prevented me from getting the complete picture of what happened between Carl and yourself. I'm going to drop this right here, and attempt to do as you say, and get into the meat of your argument and see if we agree or A2D.

I suspect that we agree more then disagree, much like with Carl and myself. About Mr. W. I read Roland with a salt shaker in hand. No, not for the tequila (I haven't tried that yet), but for the grain of salt that one needs with Roland. And yes, sometimes I shake my head at some of his ideas, but it takes all kinds to make this world go. Its like after I started using the GD System. It was very new, no one really knew how to teach it, so what did the instructors do at every clinic I attended? Well Bob, that looks OK, but you really need to get closer to the catcher, pull you head down a bit, get heal-toe. You know how it goes. You just smile and say thanks, and promptly ignore what they say. We all know what is best for ourselves, so give Roland a chance. He does have some good things to say. No one has to go out and do everything he suggests. What works for me, may not be for you.

If a runner misses a base, and no one sees it but you, did it really happen? There is no "automatic" call anymore, since FED rules were changed.

Ever make the "right" call at the "WRONG" time? What happened? Wasn't pretty I bet. I had one of those. It was a championship game, winning run on 3b. Defensive coach wants to intentionally walk the batter to set up a double play, however, they had never practiced the intentional walk. Offensive coach yells out to remind me, "Bob, that catcher can't jump out of that box too soon, you know". Great, thanks coach. I'm thinking, hoping, praying; please make this work. Of course, on the first pitch, the catcher bounces about 10 feet out of the catchers box. I call the balk, send the runner home and end the game.

Lah me....what to do?

Bob P.