[HokieUmp]

Okay, let's get past the manual, Kevin. You hate it, and don't want to pay for "shoddy work, etc, etc." Others do, have, and will. That was done to death last year, and we're starting it again.

I said:

Originally Posted by HokieUmp

But from my reading of this thread, and other postings elsewhere, is that you might not be as unbiased as you think you are ([CONTENT DELETED]).

To which you unhappily replied:

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

So, no, I have no bias against Jim Evans, and your grouping me with the paragon of bias ([CONTENT DELETED - just saving you from my fate) is an insult to me, or any informed, educated adult.

I'm not going to do extensive searches, but given your outrage, I thought I'd find a quote that says - to me - that you are indeed not as unbiased as you say. Granted, I dug it up from another board, but it's still you over there, too, and this was within the last week:

What percentage of stuff does Jim Evans just make up?

and

Evans may be one of the leading expert rules practitioners, along with the likes of Jaksa & Roder, but his imperious ways make some of what he says and does very questionable. I think most of the information in his manual is fantastic (drastically overpriced, but excellent info throughout). But some of the umpires who went through his school are some of the more difficult umpires to work with. It seems that many of Evans's students acquire his imperiousness.

Now, as an informed, educated adult, you should be able to see where I might opine that

Originally Posted by HokieUmp

What I've read over time is that you seem to have issues, unresolved or otherwise, with Jim Evans, and have to put in little digs here and there.

My point got lost in the [CONTENT DELETED] reference, but it's still this: from your own 'public' statement, you don't seem to like Jim Evans that much, and thus can't claim unbias-hood (unbias-dom? not-so-biased? less-than-full-unbias-ness?) as easily as you'd like. (Unless you'd like to make the claim that there are multiple Kevin Finnerty logins out there, in which case, I withdraw my objections.)

You're certainly still entitled to that opinion, in 'this corner of America' or any other. I work for an organization designed to protect that very thing, and also am a USAF "bride." But don't act surprised when others react to that opinion, and even ... disagree! with it.