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Originally Posted by umpire12
"No argument, but that was not the case here. The newb was given the answers and then told where to find them"
actually, no...he was given the wrong answer. he asked which section of rule 8 would satisy his interference question. he was told 'the interference section'. we all know there is no 'interference' section in rule 8. how frustrating it must be to be told by a verteran umpire that the answer could be found in the ' interference' section of rule 8 only to find there is no such section. also i , like nsc wa and others found the initial response to be more of an attempt to give his cronies a giggle more than to actually to help and support him. it was embarrassing to read it . yes, debasing is a good word for it. its an all too common occurance on this site
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Maybe I was thinking of the 6 other test questions asked. But in that case, ncs_wa offered and answer and that was addresses. And as I pointed out, there is an interference that references rule 8. Yeah, it's not in rule 8, but the book is more than a rule number.
Mike's response was a teaching point. Maybe some believe the tests should just be published with the answers and assume the participants will actually take the time to look them up. I've been doing this too long to know that is not happening with the majority of the umpires, including veterans.
Personally, I think it is a damn shame that this umpire isn't or wasn't being given the time of day by his own association, assuming his account is accurate and there is no reason to believe it is not. I'll give him credit for trying to find the answers, but is this really the place it should be?
I remember when we used to have folks on McGriffs that tried to poach test results simply because some were too lazy to do the work. Is that the guy/gal you want as a partner in a game?
If nsc_wa keeps it up, there shouldn't be a question as to being a knowledgeable umpire, but there is a need to learn how to do it, not just get the right answers on a test.