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Old Wed Dec 14, 2005, 12:22pm
IRISHMAFIA IRISHMAFIA is offline
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Originally posted by FUBLUE
I'll give you that one specific umpire may be disliked and thought of as horrible by one specific coach.

But from that game of "horrible officiating" that coach will never think of the umpire as good. Thus perception becomes reality.

Whatever qualifications a person holds (NCAA/ASA/USSSA/ISF/ETC) is based on someone elses perception of the umpire.

Thus, perception is reality.
Nice try, but again, reality to whom?

Main Entry: re·al·i·ty
Pronunciation: rE-'a-l&-tE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
1 : the quality or state of being real
2 a (1) : a real event, entity, or state of affairs (2) : the totality of real things and events b : something that is neither derivative nor dependent but exists necessarily
- in reality : in actual fact
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