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Originally posted by WhatWuzThatBlue
I am truly dumbfounded by Carl's response. You actually took the time to justify your opinion with excerpts from a TOME AUTHORED BY YOU!
I think we can end all of this now, I will support all of my rulings with the manual I distribute at any of my umpire clinics. That makes as much sense.
You give an example of the phantom tag at second base as being unacceptable. But you also insist that a missed base by a runner who hits a fence clearing HR is an expected call. The best umpires are consistent; well, they are consistently accurate. Sometimes you make this too easy.
Recognizing that things are bigger in Texas, your ego must be truly larger than your brain. I can't believe you thought that I should be familiar with all of your publishings or would care. How's that manifesto coming?
To borrow a bit from TAC, ~ sigh ~.
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You attributed three opinions to me. Carl: (1) doesn't give credit for a great slide that avoids an out; (2) doesn't understand that some umpires cannot call the phantom double play at second; and (3) forces catchers to demonstrate prowess before calling close pitches strikes.
Lurkers or passers-by might believe your unrebutted claims of my positions. That would be bad for my business. So, quoting from my
published opinions, I proved you were misrepresenting what I urged umpires to do. Furthermore, you have advocated all three positions I "took time to justify"! On those three issues,
we are in agreement, but your antipathy to me blinded you.
More dangerously:
You are perfectly willing to attribute to your opponent any position you need that advances your cause. That is unconscionable.
As for my "manifesto," I suppose you are talking about the Texas State Baseball Curriculum. Thanks for asking. It's at the printer.
Wed Nov 23, 2005, 06:19pm
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