Homerun?

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I'm not reacting, I am trying to teach him something. Isn't that what this forum is about? He asked a question that deserved an answer just like anyone else.

I know from corresponding privately that he is sincere in learning umpiring and that his questions are genuine.

There are several trolls here, but he is not one of them. He's just young and foolish at times with his remarks, but then again so are most of us at times, even you Big T.

Steve,

The jury is still out on this posters status as a troll. Just because you believe his PM's doesn't necessarily mean they are genuinel. I have a few from him that are priceless.

Tee may have been reacting to the fact that the young man has been posting here for six months now and has shown no interest in improving or understanding reality. Instead he paints himself as some sort of hero of the downtrodden and mediocre.

His question today are as inane and they were six months ago. It makes one wonder if someone so dense and slow can really exist, or is pulling our collective legs.

Maybe I'm spoiled. I've spent the majority of this summer with a number of umpires his age and younger, who are intelligent talented professional umpires. They are everything that he claims he is not allowed to be, when in reality the are everything that he could be if he worked hard, studied with real instructors and shut his mouth and opened his ears.

These umpires put lie that to your youngman's whining. He claims that he is discriminated against because he is young and short. The fine young umpires I spent the summer with work MiLB and are aged from 18 to 24. Most of them are under 6 foot. Many are 5'7" and 5'8". Thhe difference between them and him is that they choose to work hard and become professional umpires, whereas he has chosen to whine.

Here is the youngman's latest comments about himself in his profile:

I am an internet big shot's worst nightmare. I bring justice to this forum by challenging the trends of bullying and fascism that have been prevalent here for far too long. No matter how old you are, I will put you in your place.

What gibberish. This is what I would expect from a seventh grader.

When this young man decides to quit whining, quit blaming others for his shortcomings, truly work to improve and accept reality, he will prove he is what you think he is. Until then, he is either a troll or an immature spoiled and paranoid brat.