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Criticism and name-calling rarely accomplishes anything, Mr. Striker. And my comments and OPINIONS had nothing to do with being self-righteous or arrogant.
Making a judgement call (whether it was the "right" call or not)is your responsibility. The "teaching" that I proposed is that kid's learn that officials are not always right! Those are the breaks of the game . . . and something that needs to be learned, at all levels. Rookie umpires (or even the experienced ones)also learn from those "mis-judgements", namely to wait longer, see the ball better, watch for the tag, etc. By changing a judgement call based on the statements of a kid doesn't teach anyone anything, except that for that one, single, solitary play . . . we got it "right".
I think you set a bad precendent if you change calls based on what the participants say. Otherwise, who needs an official?
Jerry
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