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Old Fri Jun 24, 2011, 02:35pm
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Originally Posted by mbcrowder View Post
No offense personally...

But this understanding is part of what's wrong with MLB, and it trickles down to our levels.

WHY is he right to challenge it. He might be right that the call was wrong... but what is the benefit from "challenging" it. I HATE this mentality. If the umpire's wrong ... then we MUST go yell at him about it. WHY?!?!?! At the highest levels all it does is waste time. At lower levels, it builds you an enemy that doesn't serve your purposes. I've never understood the assumption that anyone has a "right" or worse a "requirement" to go yell at the official.
At that level, to show his team and his players he is fighting for them and has their back when they think they've been wronged. Pretty basic stuff.
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