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Originally Posted by umpjim
Being torn on your opinion and thinking a rule is unfair, not a good mind state for an umpire.
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There have been over the years many rules that I thought were stupid, unfair, ridiculous, silly, or poorly written so as to either be misapplied or generate unnecessary "conversation" with coaches, etc., etc. Nothing wrong with an umpire having such opinions or discussing them here.
I agree that an umpire thinking his job is to make the game fair is not a good mind state for an umpire, especially if he starts to ignore or shade the application of rules to comply with his own sense of fairness.