Appreciation for umpires from Raymond Chen, a Microsoft programmer

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

First off, SAUmp's post was #2 in the thread. Are you saying that every post after that was making fun of the poster's name? And it wasn't Patrick Chen who was the butt of Mr. Umpire's (very) little joke, it was the poster of Polish origin.

Here is my take: Kevin Finnerty overreacted to Mr. Umpire's (very) little joke. Mr. Umpire overreacted to Kevin Finnerty taking exception to his (very) little joke. The only fair solution is a do-over! Or the tie goes to the runner (not). (I'm not going to shove my little sarcastic face and apologize, either!)

SA's post was #17 in the thread. And, my references were to the several posts that followed that I had to delete.

I agree with your take. The fair solution would be for all sides in that particular battle (and other similar battles) to restrict comments to rules, mechanics and the vlaue (price, quality, service) of various equipment suppliers. It's the holiday season -- I can dream.