[Pete in AZ]

Wait just a second Garth B., you sound like you believe what he said too. Aren't you the same guys who tell other umps not to say that something will always or never happen? He said that he would NEVER talk to an assiatnt - that would be NEVER! I did not set up straw men, I gave him reasoned responses to his absolute conviction. As preposterous as a heart attack is I also provided a simple greeting and question. Why is the play at the plate so impossible for you to imagine?

You've joined in this attack just as before. Instead of arguing the facts you choose to berate. That is one of the reasons I left the practice of law. People like you take things personally and act juvenile. Look at each point and see how Tim C. said he wouldn't talk to them. defending his statement is almost as bad as your personal attack.