Honesty is the best policy?

[GarthB]

Unless I'm mistaken, you said:

"You, for whatever reason, didn't see it (Were you out of position? Where was your partner?). Obviously, the defensive player saw it, and, by your description, so did all the other people on the field and spectating."

Sounds like a crowd to me. You did say the umpire didn't see it but everyone else did. You did say he should change his call because of that.

And yes, I said you can't call what you don't see. Did the umpire see a home run? No. He can't call it. No inconsistency here.

And yes, I will yank assignments from any umpire who uses such poor judgment as to allow the opinion of the crowd, oh, excuse me, I mean the players, spectators and coaches, to change his call. I said, this is a very slippery slope. Once you begin this, where do you stop?

But, you obviously have your mind made up. Far be it for me to attempt to convince you of anything.

Have a wonderful career, and feel free to take the last word. I'm done.

GB

[Edited by GarthB on May 16th, 2003 at 02:52 PM]