Umpiring in MLB

[LMan]

Originally Posted by GarthB

I don't know where you got your information. LLDan, maybe?

Now that was uncalled for. I thought we were on better terms than this, Garth.

[mbyron]

As my earlier post suggested, the way to resolve this issue is to consider the contrast class. LMan: if a call is not a judgment call, what is it?

Again, the contrast class is a rules call. Suppose a batted ball kicks up chalk and I holler "foul ball!" O-Coach comes out to talk to me and asks what I saw.

If I say that I saw no chalk, then I have bad judgment. If I say that I saw chalk, and that a ball on the line is foul, then I've blown the rule.

Fair/foul is a judgment call. Whether the line is fair or foul is a rule.

[LMan]

Fair enough. I concede I am in error on this. The more I consider it, the more your position makes sense.


But don't use my name and Dan's in the same post again. I'd like to cling to a small shred of dignity, if possible.

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by LMan

But don't use my name and Dan's in the same post again. I'd like to cling to a small shred of dignity, if possible.

I apologize. I lost my head. It will never happen again.