Yet another blow up

[Carbide Keyman]

It would be interesting to hear Rich's take, though that may not be the wisest move at this point in time.

An aside, after reading the comments posted after the article, how do think these "fans" would "like" guys like Tim C., Garth, Ozzy, or Peter Osborne ?

Or canadaimp6 for that matter ?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Carbide Keyman

It would be interesting to hear Rich's take, though that may not be the wisest move at this point in time.

An aside, after reading the comments posted after the article, how do think these "fans" would "like" guys like Tim C., Garth, Ozzy, or Peter Osborne ?

Or canadaimp6 for that matter ?

Trust me -- those guys would be no different than us. It would just add more of us to the mix. This weekend, Dave and I assigned the NBC regional and a few of the Internet umpires came to work. Six games, no real complaining, good umpiring, one ejection. By Bob Jenkins, himself.

[mick]

Oh, my !
Hope all ends well, Rich.

[wadeintothem]

As one who also had a bad game ending incident happen this year and was also fried in the press (I was fried and lied about in about 5 or 6 papers, although I never did present my side in the paper).. Good job Rich. You are supported by your brothers in blue and we've been there. Sounds like you handled it as well as possible. Some things are beyond your control..

Well done.

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by Carbide Keyman

It would be interesting to hear Rich's take, though that may not be the wisest move at this point in time.

An aside, after reading the comments posted after the article, how do think these "fans" would "like" guys like Tim C., Garth, Ozzy, or Peter Osborne ?

Or canadaimp6 for that matter ?

I've never really cared how the fans like me (or don't like me) because I am not there for them. When I played, I was working for my manager and team. Now I am there to officiate the game and that has nothing to do with the fans as they are on the other side of the fence. I am there to see that the rules of the game are held up not to make friends with and educate the spectators (as some umpires still insist doing).

Given the same situation, I don't think that I would have done anything differently than Rich did aside from returning the balls - yeah, that was not the best decision, Rich!