Coach handling??

[Simply The Best]

Originally Posted by MikeStrybel

Wow.
I figured that someone was just trying to show how tough they were as an umpire and didn't want to be dragged into a big 'indicator' contest.

Most if not all of the forum participants you are ping-ponging with have tens of thousands of posts and years of playing the "forum game". It's a simple one. Take a response, twist the answer to suit their purposes, gang up on the poster en masse, get personal with the comments and insults...wash, rinse, repeat.

It's up to you how you might wish to handle this behavior. I find it best to state my case and move on. When you have the upper hand, why bow down to the miscreants?

Think of it this way. In the movie Jurassic Park, there's a scene
where a researcher sticks her hand in a pile of dinosaur dung, digs around,
and pulls out an undigested berry. I'm sure if I ping-ponged with these participants, I too may discover a berry, but to me, the price is too high.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Simply The Best

Most if not all of the forum participants you are ping-ponging with have tens of thousands of posts and years of playing the "forum game". It's a simple one. Take a response, twist the answer to suit their purposes, gang up on the poster en masse, get personal with the comments and insults...wash, rinse, repeat.

It's up to you how you might wish to handle this behavior. I find it best to state my case and move on. When you have the upper hand, why bow down to the miscreants?

Think of it this way. In the movie Jurassic Park, there's a scene
where a researcher sticks her hand in a pile of dinosaur dung, digs around,
and pulls out an undigested berry. I'm sure if I ping-ponged with these participants, I too may discover a berry, but to me, the price is too high.

So, troll, why are you here, then? And who were you before you created this new identity?

[Simply The Best]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

So, troll, why are you here, then?

To discuss officiating, Thumper. You could help me out with this. What's your take on why this PU got thumped?

YouTube - Catcher Ducks, Umpire Gets Hit With Pitch

And who were you before you created this new identity?

Jesus Christ.

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by Simply The Best

Jesus Christ.

There was (is) only one. And you ain't Him.

Care to guess again? (Oh, the other 2 parts of the Trinity are also incorrect answers...you ain't them either)

[Simply The Best]

Originally Posted by Simply The Best
Jesus Christ.

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

There was (is) only one. And you ain't Him.

No argument here.

Care to guess again?

Not really. Just playing with Old Rich...even though he wasn't playing with me.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Simply The Best

To discuss officiating, Thumper. You could help me out with this. What's your take on why this PU got thumped?

YouTube - Catcher Ducks, Umpire Gets Hit With Pitch

Jesus Christ.

Of course I can help with this since it happened to me and you, apparently, know about it.

Four things happened as a result that didn't happen in the video:

(1) - (3) I ejected the catcher, pitcher, and manager, and
(4) I forfeited the game when the manager wouldn't leave.

People that would intentionally throw at an umpire -- calling them rats would be an insult to rats.

This happened 3 years ago. I've moved on. So has the sorry excuse of a league.

[Simply The Best]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Of course I can help with this since it happened to me and you, apparently, know about it.

Know specifically, no, it isn't like it isn't hinted at in several other forums. So what's your take on this PU being thumped? Accidental or purposeful?

I've never been the victim of an intentional thumping.

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by Simply The Best

To discuss officiating, Thumper. You could help me out with this. What's your take on why this PU got thumped?

YouTube - Catcher Ducks, Umpire Gets Hit With Pitch

Jesus Christ.

A resurrected toll of time gone by! Either that or you are a total jack a$$ for posing that incident to Rich!

My money is on both!