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Old Wed Jul 15, 2009, 10:32pm
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In the article posted in the thread titled "Interesting..." there were several quotes from umpires.

My question is - should we be talking to reporters at all about controversial calls?
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Old Wed Jul 15, 2009, 10:37pm
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No comment.

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Old Wed Jul 15, 2009, 10:41pm
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Old Wed Jul 15, 2009, 10:45pm
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Are you asserting that umpires should never talk to the press?
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Old Wed Jul 15, 2009, 10:47pm
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Are you asserting that umpires should never talk to the press?
Exactly, unless you are in MLB and are required to.

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Old Wed Jul 15, 2009, 10:52pm
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Exactly, unless you are in MLB and are required to.

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Individual umpires are not required to speak with the media. If a controversy arises, the crew chief, after meeting with his crew, meets with the media. He may invite an individual umpire if he so chooses.
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Old Wed Jul 15, 2009, 10:50pm
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Are you asserting that umpires should never talk to the press?
Silence can not be misquoted.

The only time the press wanted to speak to me, I gave them my assignors contact information and gave my assignor a written report to refer to.
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Old Wed Jul 15, 2009, 11:00pm
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Old Wed Jul 15, 2009, 11:30pm
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bossman,

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If you had no comment, you wouldn't have said anything. So what is the comment?
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Old Thu Jul 16, 2009, 12:11am
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If you had no comment, you wouldn't have said anything. So what is the comment?
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He's just being a smartass as always.
And then you wonder....

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Old Thu Jul 16, 2009, 12:53am
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If you had no comment, you wouldn't have said anything. So what is the comment?
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He's just being a smartass as always.
Hey, do you two know each other?
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Old Thu Jul 16, 2009, 12:57am
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Hey, do you two know each other?
They see each other in the mirror everyday. Two IP addresses is my guess.

Hey Seth, pretty decent game! Did you have fun? I enjoyed watching (what else) the umpires. Also enjoyed E.Y. getting to watch his boy play and broadcast the game. That was cool. Also getting to see Eric Munson bat a couple of times. I remember him from doing his and Eric Chavez' games when they went to Mt. Carmel High.

Looks like my teams went 0 for 2 in All-Stars this week.
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Old Thu Jul 16, 2009, 01:05am
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And then you wonder....

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pfftt it's genetic
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Old Wed Jul 15, 2009, 11:48pm
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In the article posted in the thread titled "Interesting..." there were several quotes from umpires.

My question is - should we be talking to reporters at all about controversial calls?
We'll just refer them to the various umpire boards . . then they'll get all the quotes they need.
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Old Thu Jul 16, 2009, 08:51am
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In the article posted in the thread titled "Interesting..." there were several quotes from umpires.

My question is - should we be talking to reporters at all about controversial calls?
I don't see a reason to talk with the media. No good can come of it.

-Josh
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