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Since you chose to engage in that behavior, I saw no need to continue to take the high road.
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Really? Sir, you jumped off the high road long ago and landed on the high horse. I've got no problem with it, hell, I live on a high horse. Just don't try lecturing me about the high road, you aren't qualified.
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At the risk of seeing another ramble and going against multiple PMs asking me not to engage you in logical debate, here goes nothing.
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Jeff, this is my last post to you regarding thsi topic. You will undoubtedly take the last word.
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Communicating with contestants is far different than giving one an advantage over another. I would rather emulate the best than accept the actions of those who violate ethics and rules.
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I do. This was a HS game. Read the NFHS Code of Ethics in the current rule book - umpires who give one team an advantage over another have violated that covenant and displayed poor integrity and ethics. Again, I offer the play involving an umpire telling a defensive player to warn the pitcher that he will be called for a balk unless he changes his delivery. That play has been mentioned numerous times as acceptable.
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Again, this is not what was offered. Everyone I read on this has stated, if the pitcher balks, they'll call it. What was said is, as the pitcher's movements get closer to a balk, but before they cross the line, they've been known to give a quiet warning. Now I'm back to questioning whether you're even reading the posts you're so fired up about.
As for your insistence that other sports aren't relevant; the NFHS doesn't do just baseball. Are you saying that I'm cheating when I remind a player to get out of the lane, or tell a coach that his assistant coach is about to earn a technical foul? Isn't the code of ethics the same for basketball and baseball?