I've said it for the past 2 years and I will say it again. Today's umpires are going BS over calling abandonment for some reason! I am beginning to think that making this call makes them feel like they are real umpires..... or maybe it's just an orgasm!
I've been officiating for almost 30 years and I have never made this call or heard a partner make it. Yet since around 2006, we have been getting post after post about this call. Has something changed or are we being over-run by Smitties?