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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
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Originally posted by Pete in AZ
This started out as a great discussion about coming up with one book that could help all umpires. A few of you started talking about particular plays and then turned it personal. One of you made the accusation that rookies shouldn't work alone and that groups should have the jewels to demand otherwise. That sounds like something from McGriffs.
I know I will take heat for this but WWTB usually has some insight that helps me. If you have a personal axe to grind with him then you should do it elsewhere. This is an umpiring board and you have turned it into a zoo. I do not accept your apology when you say that you still mean it. I have a solo game next week. I guess I'm not worthy of your approval because I am taking a winter league game when most of the umpires around here are reffing basketball.
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Okay Pete,
Since I started this thread, I can address this, I think.
First, we determined about 4 pages back, that coming up with all the interps in one book was not going to happen any time soon. The subject then changed to pretty much....anything goes. I don't mind. It's my thread. I can end it at any time. Or the moderator will take care of it if it looks like it's out of control. This site is nothing like the cesspool of crud that is the one you continue to mention. That place does not need advertisement from this board.
Second, WWTB enjoys arguing back and forth, as do many others here. He has a way of irritating some of us. We all have thoughts and opinions about the game, and we all can learn from each other. Sometimes WW comes off in his writing as sounding condescending and trite. BigUmp and I are not the only ones who notice this. So, we all need to play nicely together in the sandbox, and learn to respect each other.
By the way, BigUmp isn't the only one who doesn't like the idea of working solo. Mr. Tee dislikes the idea even more, yet I haven't heard you mention it to him yet.
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Okay, I'll admit that several of you are making the rest of us irritated with your comments about working solo being beneath you or a place that rookies should never go. I would rather see a rookie cut his teeth in the lower levels than make mistakes in games that mean much more.
Your comment about playing nice only counts if you do the same. Big Ump and you are constantly taking shots because he can write better than you. I don't find his way of writing to be condescending but maybe because I have a law degree and teach for a living. I'm used to people speaking and writing well. I'm not taking sides here but it seems that you are being hypocritical if you think that I mention the other site more than Big Ump. He is always putting it down. Is that condescending and feeling superior?