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Originally posted by etbaseball
The management of this forum should, I think, provide guidance to the membership informing them of the poster's who are qualified and certified to be quoting chapter and verse. It does take quite awhile to determine which poster is credible and speaks from knowledge vs. those who don't. It would save a lot of time if members could find that out sooner, rather than eventually having to figure it out by oneself.
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So, because someone owns a forum it makes them more qualified than the reader to determine who can contribute best to that open forum? Hmmm....................
I guess that would mean that when the Yankees play in Tampa that the Devil Rays are a far superior team because they're the home team. Afterall, that's the team the management has hired to represent them. I find that difficult to accept, however, because too many have seen both clubs play elsewhere and have formed their own opinions. Still, I understand hometown partisanship and following. Some in Tampa may actually believe the Devil Rays to be better for those reasons. Certainly the less knowledgeable youth of Tampa may believe the Devil Rays to be better due to the lack of experience of seeing the other clubs. They have yet to form their own opinions.
While Babe Ruth may have been one of the greatest players ever for the game of baseball, there was a time in his career when he was weak as a player. Despite his many strikeouts as a player in twilight of his career he still had significant credentials to fall back on and drew many fans to the stadium. I'd argue, however, that at that time there were many more valuable players than Ruth to the teams looking to win the competition. That doesn't mean Ruth was not a valuable asset to the club he was with. They were looking to make money, and Ruth helped to fill the seats.
Too many look for the easy answer. They hope to show up one day and bathe in the Fountain of Understanding that will provide definitive answers to all their questions. So, where does the fountain exist?
Rather than bathing in the Fountain of Understanding, my bet is that they'll become better umpires through the experience of being on the field, standing in the occasional hard knock sprinkles that fall during the game, and by going back to the room to regularly take a well deserved shower from the spicket of learning. They'll stand under many spickets during their life. Along that road in life they'll have to formulate opinions, accept and deny what they choose as best for them, and hope they've made the best decisions.
Being good at anything requires effort over time to gain experience. There is no instant success.
Those who put forth that effort are more likely to be successful.
Those bathing in the Fountain of Understanding without showering elsewhere are likely to find others around them think they need to take a shower to get rid of the stink.
Just my opinion,
Freix