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Originally posted by Warren Willson
While BFair continues to shuffle his self-confessed "crappy" zone up and down until he finds something that HE'S personally happy with, you will do a whole lot better to simply concentrate on keeping that rock solid low zone from start to finish that has BOTH pitchers and BOTH managers happier than chocaholics on Easter Sunday! *grin*
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Warren, while you continue to take text out of context to shoot your arrows and throw your darts, you merely continue to prove to others that anyone can be an a$$hole by purposely twisting words. That is something many realize that you are well versed, well practiced, and well known for doing. Of course, when you do so you have historically been proven wrong. Should we expect you to "change your zone" here also, Warren?
I don't believe, Warren, that I said I have a "crappy zone."
What I said, Warren, is that when I made the mistake of following the recipe you prescribe---which is to purposely make calls you are not happy with and which are not typical of your game---in an attempt to maintain consisitency within a single game, I regretted it. I ended up with a "crappy zone"
for that game. It was noticeable by me and noticeable by others. And while that may just be a deterioration from good to average, it was something I was not personally proud nor happy with. You may be accustomed to it, Warren, if you practice what you preach.
Mick, don't overreact to a couple of bad calls that you may have mistakenly made early. I think from your original post that you feel you would have been far better off admitting the early mistakes and calling the good zone that was expected.
Be the umpire they have come to know, and call the zone that caused the assignor to put you into the game. A couple of missed pitches are better accepted when admittedly in error. I've known no umpire who hasn't at one time or another admitted error and gone on to have a good game by calling his normal zone.
The same is true of other calls.
Suppose you miss a balk call. Don't allow a pitcher to continue illegal actions because you didn't call it the first time and wish to appear consistent. A discreet discussion allowing him to know you felt you missed the call, and that it will be balked if it occurs again, will result in a better game for you and the teams involved. Consistency at being crappy in your responsibility is not respected---despite its consistency. It then becomes expectation.
Just my opinion,
Freix