Fair or Good?

[Carl Childress]

Originally posted by PWL
History books will tell you the war was actually about "States Rights". The South didn't want a strong central government. Slavery wasn't the main issue. Back then there were several "compromises" made in Congress to please both geoprachical reasons. For instance, two states would enter the Union at the same time. One would be a "free" state, and the other a "slave" state.

After the war, "The Compromise of 1877" put an end to Reconstruction in the South. Just had to have Rutherford B. Hayes as President. Sort of like Bush and Gore in the Supreme Court. So all Union soldiers were pulled out.

Harry S. Truman was the very first president to actually sign any "civil rights" legislation". Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which set most of the wheels in motion. The rest is history.
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As for the fair and good comments at the plate conference, just dismiss it as idle chatter, much as you would hear during a ballgame. He was probably just "shucking and jiving" anyway. Do the game in your normal manner. What else can you do?

[Edited by PWL on Dec 26th, 2005 at 07:32 PM]

Actually, the Civil Rights Act of 1965 was the breakthrough legislation.

Concerning baseball: I would think I have written enough about the relationship between umpires and coaches in our Youth Leagues so that members of The Forum would understand that coaches and umpires have much different relationships down here at the Tip of Texas from those in other places. We just flat don't have the adversarial relationship I read about here.

Someone said an umpire can be fair without being good. An umpire can also be good (great timing, good positioning, knowledge of the rules, great game control, etc.) and still not be fair! Fact is, the better the umpire, the easier it would be for him to shade in favor of one team or the other.

Guys, when I meet with coaches, it is a GIVEN that I am good. They know that, the fans know that, I know that. The fathers of many of these Youth League coaches also know that because I worked their games decades ago.

But the statement that I hoped would engender comments was just passed by.

I said I told my boss what the coach had said. Then I wrote: "Coach Allen said it meant they knew I didn't care who won. I said it meant they knew umpires who did."