Verbal INT??

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Originally posted by Ref Ump Welsch
Mike,

You sound like noone who does softball does any other sports. I was just trying to draw a parallel between softball and another sport, but you made a mockery of it. Why are you like this? You need to deflate that ego of yours, especially if you want to help other umpires on the board understand the rules, etc.

Maybe you're one of the reasons I notice the same people post over and over, and others post once or twice and then seem to disappear.

Let's try this again. The discussion is softball. Comparing different stick, ball and base games is one thing. Using a completely different outside source is another. If for no other reason, I would object to the comparisons just so I wouldn't have to hear some idiot coach or player scream, "but, Blue, the fielder's feet were in bounds!". And that happens more than a half-dozen times a season.

I don't care what other sports do because it has no affect on the game we are discussing. There are enough misinformed individuals running around the softball community as it is. The last thing we need as umpires is to dilute the understanding of the rules more than presently exist.

It has nothing to do with ego. It has to do with providing accurate information to those who want to learn.