He really did say it

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by rei

LOL...you guys crack me up!

Only a bunch of guys on the internet will state they have never biased a call based on the game being a blowout! This is rich!

I have heard top level guys in NCAA and pro ball admit to it, but NOOOOOOOOOOO, not the members of officiating.com!

I didn't umpire on the internet, I umpired well over 3,000 real ball games, and never intentionally called one wrong. I got enough calls wrong unintentionally as it was (one in every 100 calls or so ), so why would I do it on purpose? Now, I have had both coaches say, "let's get out of here, Blue," but I would just give them the option of calling the game at that point. I never artificially speeded up a game.

Yeah, I've actually seen a pro ump in spring training call a guy out that was 4 steps past the base on a routine infield single. It was in extra innings in Yuma in 110 degree heat. Despite the heat, I thought it was still bush league when I saw it, and I wasn't even an umpire yet. If teams don't want to play anymore, they can tell me to stop the game, and I'll gladly oblige. But I will not make ridiculous looking calls and call my integrity into question.

Now, you can say that you do this crap all the time, I don't care. But don't speak for the rest of us and presume to think you know us better than we know ourselves. Continue to speak for yourself, and stop calling us liars.