Forum: Baseball
Wed Feb 27, 2008, 12:57pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 5,949
The Holy Grail
I always thought it was a Carlucci cp. I am lucky enough to have one and it totally rules and has from day one. Fit me perfectly out of the box and I have taken three direct, hard shots with it...
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Forum: Baseball
Fri Nov 09, 2007, 06:11pm
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Replies: 70
Views: 6,328
Yes, but
Almost every sex discrimination suit will be pressed in Federal court, so the Federal rules of discovery would apply. The interpretations of those rules vary somewhat from Circuit to Circuit, but by...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Nov 05, 2007, 01:26pm
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Replies: 70
Views: 6,328
It may not be worth much
But I believe that eventually, probably in my lifetime, there will be a woman on the full-time MLB staff. Ditto for the NFL (even though they aren't full-time, but you get my drift). Not as sure...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Nov 05, 2007, 01:06pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,769
I am disappointed, but not surprised
They had some good stuff, if you were inclined to order from regular stock that they had on hand, right away, in Schaumburg.
Otherwise, they were terrible. For example, last year the screwed up,...
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Forum: Baseball
Fri May 11, 2007, 03:23pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 4,751
Never Pleasant
I have never found it pleasant to eject somebody, even the somebody who begged for it. A lot. Once upon a time I had a 15 year-old kid stealing second. Thrown out by a mile and then dropped the...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Feb 06, 2007, 10:13pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,319
Lord
I agree with Tee.
We're both Carlucci men.
Yes. It was three bills. I don't know this, but I suspect that I will never buy another protector. Consider that in the cost.
Out of the box, put...
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Forum: Baseball
Sat Jan 27, 2007, 11:39am
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Replies: 34
Views: 3,934
The Argument about the Argument
And my point, Garth, was that the first step in deciding how much argument to take is defining an argument in the first place.
Most of us remember the days when MLB umpires acted by the philosophy...
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Jan 24, 2007, 09:56pm
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Replies: 64
Views: 6,601
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Forum: Baseball
Wed Jan 24, 2007, 09:46pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 3,934
To steer this ship back into the channel
The topic originally was "arguing"- the length and breadth of the plate conference developed as what I like to call in my business a "tangent."
OBR 9.02 does say (my paraphrase) "Don't argue."
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Oct 24, 2006, 11:01am
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Replies: 69
Views: 6,707
Palermo
How about not talking about Steve Palermo shooting or threatening to shoot anybody? Even McCarver . . .
Strikes and outs!
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Oct 16, 2006, 01:21pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,302
Always tough
My last obstruction controversy was a non-call at the plate. R2, single to right field. RFielder has a good arm, but the throw pulls the catcher up the third base line, directly into the path of R2...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Oct 16, 2006, 12:53pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,292
Good
The best thing to develop consistentcy in the zone is to see and call pitches. The second best thing is to get somebody to tape you so you can see yourself and your head, stance, timing, etc. It'll...
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Oct 15, 2006, 10:39pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,292
Now for some perspective
Coach:
First off, welcome to the Band of Blue Brothers.
Second, as somebody whose opinion I respect, I'd like to know how your years of coaching colored your umpiring(if at all), good or bad....
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Oct 15, 2006, 10:30pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,634
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Aug 22, 2006, 04:39pm
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Replies: 91
Views: 7,790
I disagree
He didn't? Do you think he deliberated, considered all the consequences and then said to himself, "the very best thing I can do right now is to slap a 12 year old boy in the face with 10,000 cameras...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Aug 22, 2006, 04:25pm
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Replies: 91
Views: 7,790
And to put this train back on track
The question/sitch/hypothetical posed in the original post was something like this:
12 yo kid in dugout drops F-bomb not at anybody in particular. Coach of 12 yo kid slaps kid in face for...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Aug 22, 2006, 04:21pm
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Replies: 91
Views: 7,790
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Aug 22, 2006, 03:57pm
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Replies: 73
Views: 5,516
Teaching the zone
I firmly believe that you can and should teach it with the same rigor. Two basic points:
1. The key to a good (consistent) zone is a still head- still before (and therefore, long before) the...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Aug 22, 2006, 03:05pm
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Replies: 91
Views: 7,790
What happens in Vegas . . .
Years and years ago, (i.e., back when I was a kid), corporal punishment was not only accepted but also expected as a form of disciplining kids. Not so much now.
My state statute defines child...
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Forum: Baseball
Sun Jul 30, 2006, 11:03pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,381
How I've Done It
I have never left the field (although I was sorely tempted once), but I have said in a basketball game to the home coach, "That drunk a$$hole leaves or I do."
The drunk was in a pair of silver...
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Jul 18, 2006, 10:23pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,649
I'm shocked
At the lack of sniping this has brought.
Godspeed, Terry.
Live long and prosper, Lance.
Strikes and outs!
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Forum: Baseball
Tue Jul 11, 2006, 10:01pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,363
Infinite
I hope for a lot of reasons that when this collective bargaining agreement between PBUC and AMLU expires, they can negotiate before a labor stoppage.
Chief among those reasons is so I don't have...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Jul 10, 2006, 07:03pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,277
Conditioning
Ironically, my conditioning regimen takes the biggest hit during the season. It's just damn hard to drag my old bones out of bed at 5 am for a run after getting home at 11:30 after nine innings of...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Jul 10, 2006, 12:43pm
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Replies: 30
Views: 3,600
Umpire Discipline
A few quick thoughts:
Sports officiating is one hell of a lot tougher than it looks. I have always held the opinion that if you can call balls and strikes well and consistently, you can do any...
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Forum: Baseball
Mon Jul 10, 2006, 12:23pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,277
Torn
I'm always torn at tournment time. It's an honor to be asked, but good lord, it can take over your life for the time it's going . . .
Last year I did a stint as the host umpire for the 15 yo SW...
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