View Single Post
  #42 (permalink)  
Old Fri Apr 03, 2009, 03:32pm
SanDiegoSteve SanDiegoSteve is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Lakeside, California
Posts: 6,724
Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteBooth View Post
The ONLY reason there was a clusterf--k? was because the BU called it a strike.
I can't believe that you would advocate an umpire making up things that didn't really happen for appearances sake.

Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteBooth View Post
If the BU simply mirrored the call all would be "right with the world"
No, that would make him a liar, and especially so if it was obviously a swing, which would illustrate the fact that he has no character.

Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteBooth View Post
and whose[sic] to say which oine is correct.
Nearly everyone else in the discussion, not to mention the widely accepted mechanic.

Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteBooth View Post
ok to each his own
No, there is only one right answer, and mirroring an obviously bad call is not the solution. The right thing would be for the BU to immediately rule a swing in this situation.
__________________
Matthew 15:14, 1 Corinthians 1:23-25