Field Decorum

[BigUmp56]

Originally posted by Tim C
EMD:

I just find so much wrong with your post.

Why, should we go over and over and over and over and over the same issues just because someone is new to a site?

Should we rehash "are the hands part of the bat" yet again simply because "Bobbie" just joined.

Should we talk yet again about a strike that hits the batter?

When does it end? When do we go forward rather than backward?

Why do we have to slow to the lowest common denominator?

" . . . we should behave like professionals and answere(sic) honest questions in a responsible manner."

I would also respectfully ask you not to tell me how to post.

Thanks

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Tim,

If this forum isn't to be used for educational purposes, what is it to be used for? Even in discussing issues with the most experienced baseball officials there are only a finite number of situations that can be covered before the topics begin to come full circle and repeat themselves.

I am curious as to how many times you had to revisit the topic of discussion that my initial post was about before you had ALL of these type of suggestions about proper decorum committed to memory?

I sincerly doubt that you committed all of these
things to memory just from word of mouth from other, more experienced umpires.

I have umpired long enough I assure you, that I could have sat down and came up with a list of these items on my own.
However I am not so arrogant that I believe I still can't learn a few new things from other officials from different backgrounds and geographical locations around the world.(Yes, I meant world, hello to the umpire who posts here from the U.K. and hello to the professor from Hong Kong)

I have seen from my limited time involved with this forum that you are well respected for your rules application knowledge. I am not throwing stones your way, but I would like to know if you have ever worked as an assignor, or if you have ever held office in an association. If you have, you would know that taking on the additional responsibilities of each position requires the use of input from ouside resources. This is essential in training newer umpires IMO, and I will continue to pick the brains of any and all here who are courteous enough to help me along.

You should maybe re-think your contention that all umpires that are new to this forum, not YOUR forum, but THIS forum, are also newbie umpires as well.

p.s.:
You mentioned in your first post on this thread that you would join the fray against your better judgement. If it was against your better judgement to join in, then why did you feel the need to?

Tim.
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