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Originally posted by Warren Willson
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BTW, I am still waiting for your apology for those earlier stupid, gratuitous and disgusting personal remarks implying I might have sexual proclivities toward animals! I'll have nothing further to say to you on any subject before then! Of couse I'm NOT holding my breath!
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Certainly you are correct, Warren, that it was a cheap shot.
It came as a counter-punch to the cheap shots you took at me in a different thread. I believe you were the first to allow the rhetoric to sway from the truth. I doubt if anyone truly believed me about your "mate", as it was clear to see that you had twisted the words within the other thread. My apologies for the low blow. (I hope you won't consider that apology an illegally reversed decision).
While we will always likely disagree on this subject, it's certainly up to other readers to choose for themselves what is best for them. Obviously Rich and Garth may be of the same school as you---supported by 19th century written rule and custom.
OTH, I truly believe that I am in the majority of umpires on this issue. That includes the majority from all levels. While depending on your partner to make your calls is not and should not be a regularity among officials, officiating in all of sport (including baseball) continues to grow and to further lean toward the importance of getting the call right at the cost of the embarrassment it may mean to the responsible official. Still, that action of changing a call and risking embarrassment still remains the choice of the responsible official---an important point to note. It is not a "demand" put upon him, but rather his choice as an option when asked to reconsider
all the factors of the decision that are available to him. Frankly, Warren, I am far more embarrassed by an obviously blown call than I am a reversed decision. The teams prefer more accurate play calling, so both support the best choice for me to make.
Not a single rules body says it is illegal to change a call---only you, Warren.
New interpretations continue to evolve, and you are simply wrong when you state it is "illegal" to change a call. Current interpretation allows for it, and the various rules bodies in written word promote correcting a call when possible. There are many more precedents accepted within the leagues playing under those rules. Somehow, you continue to ignore those writings, Warren.........
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