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Originally Posted by tmagan
You can get away with that in the mid-1980's, not in today's world. By not speaking to the press, does Fieldin thinks it would go away? It just makes it worse, with people thinking cover up, or he didn't know the rule. If Fieldin knew the rule, he should have told the pool reporter after the game. He didn't and you know and I know what that means.
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It is not about getting away with it. Still whether you realize it or not it is still kind of frowned upon to speak to the media. If it was similar to your example then the umpires would be talking to all the reporters, not the pool reporter. And I am sure with the pool reporter they can only talk about certain stuff. I doubt Hernandez could discuss only the ruling, not why the manager was ejected. Who cares what the public thinks really. You could tell the public the exact rule and the media would still go on and on about what they think should have happened.
Not that it is baseball but a media person tried to argue with Steve Javie a long time NBA official about what should have happened in the Heat-Bulls series as it related to technical fouls (9 in the game) as if the media person had actual officiating experience. Who cares what the umpires say to a pool reporter? The media will spin that anyway they like to suit their positions.
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