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what I'm talking about is like what Brad Lidge did after he gave up the home run to Pujols, he stood at his locker for waves of media and gave them sincere answers. Do you think that is what he wanted to be doing? But then compare that to the Eddings interview after Game 2 ALCS, he sits protected by his supervisor and allows only minimal questions but never owns up to his mistake -- all he does is make excuses and after his set amount of questions has been reached he packs up and goes into the private room. You didn't see Brad Lidge go into hiding after the game he did took a bunch of questions and didn't make excuses. I'll acknowledge that you are right about Bonds and McGwire, but I think that they are the exceptions rather than the rule. I will stick to my guns in saying that umpires need to take responsibility for their mistakes and learn from them not just make excuses.