Around the Horn

[Skarecrow]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

You didn't feel it was right but had no specific knowledge at the time. So why did you warn them? What basis did you use?

This is not ridicule but here is another example of umpires making up rules. This is what gets us into trouble, all the time. We are there to officiate by the rules as written in the rule book. We do not officiate by our feelings.

Ozzy: Thanks for the critique...but I wasn't making up the rules....I quickly responded to my gut reaction (which was wrong) and told them to bring the ball in...Now I've learned, so shoot me in the head....baseball plays have lots of situations filled with nuances....our judgement differs. You can't tell me you've never had a gray-area play where the nuance had you puzzled, and yet you had to make a decision immediately, only to find out later, you got it wrong--even if only barely. That's what I did...I got it wrong, after rethinking all the rules I felt applied here...I didn't make up a rule....