[NCASAUmp]

archer, let's say you decide to build your own house one day. You hire the contractors, you buy the land, and the house is being built.

During the process, an inspector comes out and says, "your plumbing is not up to code, and it must be fixed."

Do you ask the inspector what steps you should have the contractors take to fix it? No. Why not?

Because every person in this world has an area of expertise. Everyone in this world has his/her own role, his/her own part to play. HOW to build a house is not the inspector's role. Never has been, never will be.

In softball and baseball, it is not the umpire's role to determine how a run is scored in the books. By trade, that's not our area of expertise because it doesn't need to be.

We have a million things to worry about with respect to the rules of softball, as evidenced by the hundreds and hundreds of different threads in this forum alone. We don't care how a run scored (earned vs. unearned, etc.), because that is not part of our judgment. It's not a part of our duties. All we care about is whether or not the run DID score. Do you see football referees call out to the scorekeepers, "that was a 'hurry' on the quarterback?" Of course not.

So basically, you came to the wrong place, and you caught a bit of flack for it. Perhaps some of it was unnecessary, but hey... You were given suggestions on the appropriate place to take your questions, and you threw it right back at us.