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Originally Posted by rngrck
Ozzy- I think it may be time for you to retire. Try to go back 30 yrs when you were a rookie and needed some clarification or re- assurance on something that was not in the rules. Give us newbees a break!! If you have nothing positive to offer, please refrain.
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First of all, if you read my post I specifically stated that I was not admonishing the poster for the question.
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Originally Posted by ozzy
Where do questions like this come from? I'm not admonishing the poster for asking, but almost 30 years in this business and I still can't figure out where some of these questions come from.  My guess is that people are taught these fallacies by inept coaches when they were just kids! |
Funny but it seems all I did was use your quote to
pose a freaking question!
That said, the original poster's question seemed more like something that was dreamed up after tipping a few in the local bar. And from the looks of some of the posts, I am not the only one with that opinion!
Now to your comments:
- I'll retire when I am damn good and ready!
- If you need a hug, you are in the wrong place!
- 30 years ago, I learned my craft by discussing with veterans with one difference, it was done face to face and I respected them - no matter what horse$hit came out of their mouths!
- Don't tell me or anyone else on this board what to do, rookie!
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Originally Posted by rngrck
Well I got news for you!! I had a batter extending hands so far over the plate, that the pitcher complained he couldn't see F2's target. Well, I agreed and had the batter back off the hands. In this case, The B1 was deliberately trying to distract the pitcher. Thats was my ruling and I'm sticking to it. LOL.
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Well I can see that you handled this situation with a pure lack of any rule concepts. Then you come here and put the question to veteran umpires and coaches and completely ignore the correct answers! You are on your way to becoming a real "Smitty" there son! What's next, banging the poor little tykes out for turning left after they over run 1st base? Or maybe you'd like to give us your thoughts on the proper awards for a ball thrown out of play - it's the one he's going to plus one, right? Lord knows you must know everything there is to the DH rule in all 3 baseball codes! This mental midget doesn't realize the caliber of people he's insulting on this board!
Yeah, this Smitty really got my dander up, people! But you know what? Pi$$ on him! He's not worth our time!