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Interesting I was thinking along the same lines as Michael was. My first thought when I read this was when you are a player you have to take off the umpire hat.
My likely response if you had lost the game would have been something along the lines of: Sir, while I appreciate your opinion, had your team been more interested in playing the game rather than doing a mechanics review of the umpire, you may have won the game.
Actually I would not have said that, but I would certainly be thinking it.
All of the calls you are referencing are ultimately JUDGEMENT calls. You honestly would lose credibility with me and many umps that I work with if you had done this.
When we participate in a game as a player we may disagree with a call here and there. We do not gain the right to discuss potential blown calls and judgement calls with that ump, because we also umpire (even if it is after the game).
Good luck getting any calls from this guy for the rest of the year.
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