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Originally posted by Tim C
"I repeat, nothing better has been posted on the board lately."
Steve somewhere you have become "the defender of all."
That's too bad.
You come to this site late . . . other people here have much more believability by simply their number of posts, YET, you seem to want to "change" the board to fit your opinion.
People that disagree with you always get comments (kinda like the way I react) from you. Then you argue and argue.
The article Tim posted (across all sites of internet umpires) was a total waste. There are hundreds of articles dealing with patricide and such. The article did not do anthing for the advancement of umpiring. Nothing.
Tim has attempted to take this site where his comfort lies . . . he is a Little League umpire and wants this to be yet another Little League site. Not only that he opened his own site (great reactions from Gary Mcgriff taking BigUmp to the woodshed) so why can't he keep his stuff there.
And you fit his needs.
You claim 3,000 games (how many of those are actually "unpaid baby sitting" i.e. Little League) but you post like a guy that works 10 year olds.
All I ask, rather than continue to criticize, is recognize that guys like WCB and yrs trly just feel that the best way to any answer is a straight line and we do not care if we hurt someones feelings.
This site would be much better if a few people left to never return. (I know, I know . . . you can think of two guys right now.)
HOWEVER, it is a free site and anyone can post whatever they want -- they just better be ready to accept what happens AFTER that post.
Quite crying in your beer and step to the plate.
Tee
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Nobody crying here, bossman.
You may answer straight line, but Windy does not. You quit defending him.
Tim has every right to post whatever he wants. I know you have disgust for all Little League umpires, and you designed this site for 90ft. umpires, but lighten up, Mr. Anal. There is plenty of room for everyone here. This is by far the best forum for discussion out there, but it won't be if you exclude people based on the level that they work. As I have said ad nauseum, the level you work is not necessarily indicative of your ability. I know D1 guys who should not be working JV high school ball.
Some of your posts are no great shakes either, buddy. Sometimes your posts are infantile and pathetic, especially when doing nothing more than bashing others.
No, my 3,000+ games only include a small amount of Little League, mostly in my first year of umpiring. I was considered a very good umpire almost from day one, and was working varsity high school regularly from my second year on. I also worked many Legion games, Palomino games, and Adult baseball. The only reason I don't do college ball is because our association fumbled away the contract the season before I was to get a look. I have never worked an unpaid game in my baseball career, other than the pre-season scrimmages we are required to work. My volume of games is high because I worked nearly year round, averaging 175 to 200 games per year, for the first 17 years. I have slowed down a bit due to some health problems. You say I post like I work 10 year olds. What the hell does that even mean? I think my posts are usually either A)well thought out, B)an attempt at humor, or C)standing up for what I believe in, including coming to someone's defense when I feel they have been unfairly maligned. I have no idea why that relates to working 10 year old's ball games, but I guess in your little world, taking a stand equates to working on a 60ft. diamond.
I don't pick the fights around here. I don't as you say, argue and argue. I will speak my mind, and stand up for myself when challenged (which is constantly, but only by several individuals), or talked down to in any way. Like now for example. You talk to me like your the big bad voodoo daddy around here, and the rest of us (who have respect for other people's opinions) are just peons. You are the king, and we are but your subjects. Heaven forbid we dare to disagree with anything you have to say.
Is this what you meant by stepping up to the plate? You send any pitch my way, and see if I don't knock it out of the park!