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Originally Posted by BigUmp56
That's what you get for becoming a kinder gentler Tee these days. Offer up an olive branch and have it thrown back at you.
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Even the wisest and most honored amongst us need to be held accountable for their words.
Wouldn't you agree?
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Originally Posted by BigUmp56
He's right, Tee. You should have said "no quality umpire working games beyond 60' kiddie ball" will call that pitch a strike..
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A young newlywed was preparing a pot roast for her new husband.
As she began her preparation her husband watched her cut 2" off both ends of the roast and asked "Why did you cut the ends off the roast"
She replied "that's what you do to a roast" he says "why" she, a bit aggrevated now says "because". "Because why" her husband says irritably.
"Because that's the way my Mom taught me" she said finally. "Why did she cut the ends off?" he says with frustration. "I don't know" she replied a bit bashfully, "let's call her and find out". So they call Mom. "Mom" says the beautifl newlywed, "why do we cut the ends off the roast". Mom, a bit surprised by the question is silent for a moment. "mom you there?" "Yes dear" mom finally says. "so why do we cut the ends off?" "Because" was all mom could say. Now the husband starts to laugh and says "Mom, there has to be a reason". "That's the way your Grandma taught me honey and that's the way i taught you, maybe you should call grandma and ask her"
So they make the call to grandma.
"Grandma, why do we cut the ends off the roast?"
Grandma very matter of factly says "I have to cut off the ends for it to fit in my small pan"
So is an answer " because that's the way it is" necessarily a valid one?
Someone started the practice of not calling a curveball that passes thru the zone but ends up near the dirt a ball. There was a beginning to this 'accepted practice'
Why did they do it? Could it be that in the 1800s the umps were just there to make the expected call?
Maybe no pitcher back then was capable of throwing a curve that could actually be a strike and end up in the dirt. So any pitch in the dirt was an easy ball call. It became accepted as absolute, but when pitchers evolved and got better maybe the umps never did. Maybe the game went beyond the umpires ability. Maybe they just got lazy.
If any of this is the case, does it justify the call today? Does the newlywed have to waste 4" of roast just because grandma did?
Just asking.