[BadAxe]

Excuse me? I made no insults whatsoever at any official offering advice on these boards, so I owe noone here an apology. The reference to "attacks" would be directed at a poster as you so rudely did assuming you knew the situation, and telling me to "not throw mud" instead of answering the question I had proposed.

You can twist words anyway you would like to justify your "I know all" attitude. I will no longer battle with you here. But I asked a question, and you got rude with me, which should not be done on these boards.

I am sorry you took offense to my criticism of the officials I referred to. But the fact remains, they have been absolutely horrible this year, not just by my standards, but by anyone who has witnessed them. You know, for as much as we should appreciate umpires (Which I do immensely, I state again I have some experience, and would not want the job full time, its tough), there should also be some recognition of the ones that are just horribly bad. Just like any other job, there are people in this one that do not belong.

How would you react to an umpire that gives a catcher advice on what pitch to call? Well players from several teams have heard a particular PU do this for a certain team. Is that an official I should be apologizing for in this forum?

So instead of judging my statements, how bout maybe giving me the benefit of the doubt, especially considering the nature of my post was to only find out if the 10 run rule I asked about was legit. I had never heard of "instant 10 run rule", I have only experienced the home team always getting their at bats. A simple "Yes, this is done in some leagues" would have sufficed greatly.

Instead you chose to criticize me and automatically assume I was wrong and your beloved "officials" were right. Blind faith like that is just as bad as what you are accusing me of, but I am sure this will not get thru, and you will twist some more words to show me you are right. How could I be right, I am not an "official". So nothing I say about another "official" could possibly be right, correct?

Anyway, if any others have any opinions on the actual question I ask in my post, please feel free to help me get this thread back on topic, and not a battle of "officials are always right" please. Thank you.