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I always takes something like this to remind me that rats are rats.
A few weeks ago I was working as U1 in a 3-man crew when a batter walked on a full count. When he arrived at first, he and the F3 were having a jolly good time bashing the plate umpire -- the batter didn't like strike 2 and the fielder didn't like ball 4 -- that made the PU "inconsistent."
Since it was a meaningless (to me) adult league game and I'm not above sticking my nose where it doesn't belong, I asked both of them if they were ever happy with the umpiring. They both turned and gave me blank stares and I just laughed at them.
This guy (in the article) deserves about 3 eye-high strikes in a row next time he comes up.
But it does sound like the AMLU guys are having a hard time at a proportion higher than the replacement umpires. Wonder why these articles aren't up on UmpNews or the AMLU site?
Last edited by Rich; Fri Jun 30, 2006 at 02:59am.
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