Balk calls from "B" position

[Rich]

Originally Posted by CT1

You're right about that. I prefer to umpire in short sleeves.

Hey, good for you. I like breaking out the plate coat. Do you tell the base umpire how to call half swings, too?

[CT1]

Originally Posted by Rich

Hey, good for you. I like breaking out the plate coat. Do you tell the base umpire how to call half swings, too?

Most certainly.

If I say "Rich, did he go?", I want his true opinion. If, OTOH, I say "Rich, he didn't go, did he?", then I want him to stick with my call.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by CT1

Most certainly.

If I say "Rich, did he go?", I want his true opinion. If, OTOH, I say "Rich, he didn't go, did he?", then I want him to stick with my call.

With this response, you *must* be trolling. Or you just stepped in from the mid-1980s.

[CT1]

Originally Posted by Rich

With this response, you *must* be trolling. Or you just stepped in from the mid-1980s.

OK, ya got me. Actually, I thought this wording:

"(A)m I free to call one if it is really egregious?"

from the OP was trollish, and didn't realize until his later clarification that he was serious.

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by CT1

OK, ya got me. Actually, I thought this wording:

"(A)m I free to call one if it is really egregious?"

from the OP was trollish, and didn't realize until his later clarification that he was serious.

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

Heh, good one. I love getting sucked in from time to time.

Maybe I should reword that.