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Originally posted by phillycheese
Hmmmm, I'm thinking with a bases loaded walk, I'm gonna be blinking at the moment the runner passes homeplate. That way I don't have to argue philosophy with anyone, "He missed home coach?- sorry didn't see it, play ball"
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Philly,
Why blink? I can see if the game has turned into a fiasco and it's time to go home and no one will care. The game that I envision is at least a competitive game, that is the view I am coming from. So, if I say "I blinked, coach," I am not really doing the game, players nor myself and my assignor any justice. That has to be the easiest call to make in the sport and to say you blinked would cause a coach to wonder how many other plays you "blinked" on. Players and coaches are called RATS for a reason, they will talk and talk bad about anyone they can. I have a friend I played with in college who is now a head coach at a college locally and when he and I see each other all he talks about are the bad umps he had and the bad calls they made and how he makes a day pretty miserable each time he sees them after that. There are, I believe, 22 colleges that play baseball here in OK and believe me coaches talk. They never say how good of an umpire they had and what a great call they made. That is expected of us every game so of course they won't talk about it, but if you blew one that cost a game...the word will be out. Philly, do not take this as me ripping you. I am saying why I would not "blink" on that play because I pride myself on hustling every play, being in position and making the right call. Not that I pull them out of a hat in a game, people do not come to see me umpire, but I want to do a good job. That is why I was calling college baseball the next spring after I graduated, I knew the game, the rules and my job as an ump and I took it as serious as a heart attack. Sure, I have been ripped for some of the things I have written here, but that's what makes this fun. I have also been ripped and said, damn he's right. JT