Hmmm?
When drawing comparisons or using analogies, shouldn't the two subjects be related more closely than simply being part of the sports world?
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Can you imagine NBA players frozen in place after a whistle, waiting as a referee casually indicates a charge or a block?
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I can't imagine this, however I've never seen an NBA player 'charge' at over 90 mph.
Does this guy know anything about baseball?
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Why can't it also have standardized calls for strikes, and balls, as they do for safe and out?
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I thought there were standardized calls for these plays? If he's referring to the 'hammer' vs the 'point', I think each NFL referee, in their later years, personalizes their signals as well, but I still understand what they're calling... maybe I'm a genius?
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...personalizing basic calls as if they were some sort of an art form.
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Hey Tee, didn't you just post that calling pitches
is an art form?
And my personal favorite...
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Whether it was Tim McClelland making everyone wait for him
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People in the game have told me that McClelland is a good guy and a good balls-and-strikes umpire...
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Is it possible that these two statements are the basis for a good causal argument?
