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Originally posted by D-Man
...and right or wrong please don't be so sensitive. I hope your skin gets thicker when you hit the field.
And don't take someone else's credible opinion as the diametric opposite of yours. Nobody ever thought you would place your nose between the glove and the runner. There very well be a time where getting a closer look is not a bad tactic, but how close is too close. When the tag happens you need to be far enough away to see the continuing action following the tag. One may have to "get their nose in" on a play but if you are inside 6 (IMO, an absolute minimum) feet you are way too close. What can't one see from 6 feet away?
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D-Man,
When I hit the field, I don't have a group of nit-picky, overly critical, totally literal umpires bashing everything I do or say. So my skin is comfortably thick.
I objected to the way Tee chose to give his "credible opinion." It was given by telling everyone to ignore what I said, as if I was a poisonous snake about to bite them.
Certain people who post here have a way of coming off like fingernails on a blackboard. He is one of them.
If you read my last post, you will see that what I meant by "sticking your nose into it" was that 6' to 10' is good for a tag, depending on the situation. Not "10' to 15' (same as a force play)" like Tee said. That is what I disagreed with, and with the way it was said.