Yes, I really did read every post on this thread. Seriously!
Did you seriously not see the little blue smiley that, according to the tags, equates to "sarcasm"?
I don't post here often, but have read just about every thread on this board since I joined three years ago. If that makes me a "newbie"...then I guess I'm a newbie!
This isn't my first exposure to the whole "expected call" debate. Responses here ranged from "that's an out" to "that's not an out". Some say that there has been a big change in how MLB umpires make the "expected call", others claim it's business as usual. Both sides of the fence were pretty well covered.
And one post most certainly did imply that a professional umpire was dismissed for making a call other than the "expected" one.
Along the way, there was a dose of chest thumping and a dash of name calling. Which, of course, doesn't really prove that I read anything. That applies to most every other thread on the board.
