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Originally Posted by Dakota
If you were an actual umpire who was paying attention instead of making inane posts about things you know nothing about, you would know AFA corrected this typo some time ago. However, since you are not an actual umpire who was paying attention, you thought that was their actual rule and that it was still in force.
BZZZZT!
It also goes to show how little credibility your "article" about softball had. You knew so little about the game, you actually thought that was the rule!
BZZZZT!
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If you read the article I cited, the
context in which I mention the AFA "rule" is clear: poor wording, poor explanations, and poor interpretations give rise to unintended misunderstandings.
I already told you that I wrote the AFA to verify that this was a misprint. I suspected it was.
But don't you find it funny that an italicized section of the rulebook (as if to emphasis the point), perpetuates one of the most famous myths in the sport?
The AFA's response was nothing more than, "We're rewriting the entire rulebook," without acknowledging what I had originally asked. It had to be pretty embarrassing, I guess. I just
had to know if that was a misprint or intentional. It was just too juicy to ignore.
When I cite the misguided rule in the article, I say, "You might need to read that sentence again, slowly." It's pretty obvious it's a misprint.
Imagine you were a new umpire and read that rule - not knowing any better. Hell, it would take
years to undo the damage of that sentence.
One thing I
do know is this: I don't need
you to characterize what I meant.
What - you've run out of pithy arguments about online rules? When you can't handle the
substance, you have to dispute the
style. When you can't handle the
message - attack the
messenger?
Oh - you can do better than that.
C'mon! Impress me!
Ah - what the hell - just ignore me. I debate things too much as it is. But I never get angry. I think things can be debated civilly - even if I tend to be kind of sarcastic at times. Perhaps my poor attempt at humor. I need to work on that - huh?
David Emerling
Memphis, TN