"Slinging the bat"

[MikeStrybel]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I'm going to side with you on the post count issue, sort of. There are forum members with 200 posts whom I respect immensely. There are forum members with 10k posts whom I think are morons. More posts may help to determine whether someone is an idiot or not, but post count isn't in and of itself definitive.

As for the high horse comment; the initial one was made when you said complaints from coaches are virtually always the umpire's fault. That was deserved, IMO.

When I said it, however, it was gratuitous and I apologize.

I never wrote that complaints from coaches are virtually always the umpire's fault. I did note that if all an umpire sees are coaches who complain they may want to invest in some introspection. I have kicked calls and had coaches bite. I deserved the response but learned how to handle their actions. I can bite back too.

I appreciate the apology. It is accepted and I hope we can begin anew. This isn't my first rodeo and I have endured my share of lumps, just not from fellow umpires. Thank you for being civil.