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Old Mon Mar 13, 2006, 07:33pm
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Originally posted by btman
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Originally posted by mcrowder
While I agree that it's not a great idea for MLB to be running around making apologies after every judgement error by an umpire, and I think it's actually quite silly that the NFL does so except in egregious errors (like fouling up a play that was REVIEWED)...

This is different. It is an international competition, and the first of it's kind. I think a decent amount of goodwill might be generated from an honest admission of the mistake. What if Japan fails to make the 3rd round solely on this call. You think they'll come back? Or might they fold up their pride and refuse to play in what they likely think is an inherently biased competition?
wHEN DID WE GET AN APOLOGY FOR pEARL HARBOR?

Which has nothing to do with this but it sounded good. nyuk.
I believe we extracted our own "apology" at
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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