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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
Why, oh why do people CARE about this?
My God, if I'm behind the plate and someone asks me to appeal, I ALWAYS appeal. I ALWAYS want my partner to rule it a strike. I DON'T CARE!
Chalk this umpire up as another who will call exactly what he sees, every time, from LL up through college baseball. If you don't like it, well, tough.
Rich
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Well, Rich, if that's truly the case and you honestly DON'T CARE, why don't you just call EVERY pitch a STRIKE?
If that's truly the case, why don't you just call EVERY play at a base an OUT?
Most officials DO CARE, and most want to do a good job - at any level. I know this issue has stuck like a burr under your saddle for a long time. I just don't understand how someone with your obvious ability can admit that you simply DON'T CARE about doing a good job.
BTW, I don't think anyone said "Don't allow an appeal" - well, most of the time anyway. Like me they just don't want the official with the best view overruled because some out of date rule Note says you have to
- appeal to an umpire who doesn't have as good a look at the play AND
- accept his well-intentioned but possibly flawed answer no matter what!
Heck at worst you should be allowed to convene a 9.04(c) conference when you have two different rulings on the same play!
(That was only a joke, Rich)
Cheers