Fair or foul?

[greymule]

Actually I learned the other day that "gullible" is not really a word and isn't even in the dictionary.

Whoever told you that needs to inform American Heritage, Merriam-Webster, Chambers, Webster's New World, and a bunch of other publishers.

[bkbjones]

Originally Posted by greymule

Actually I learned the other day that "gullible" is not really a word and isn't even in the dictionary.

Whoever told you that needs to inform American Heritage, Merriam-Webster, Chambers, Webster's New World, and a bunch of other publishers.

That;s 3 more books than currently exist in South Carolina.

[DaveASA/FED]

That goes right along with the bounding ball that landed in foul territory after crossing third. Had one Monday night hard shot down 3rd, bounding near line (fair side) 3rd takes swipe at ball misses it it bounces in front of 3rd crossing over the base as it goes to the outfield next landing a foot in foul territory I am pointing fair like crazy, runner stops coach grunts as he is watching the ball turns around and sees me pointing and yells "RUN". Defensive coach "she didn't touch that did she?" me "no, she tried but missed it" "and it landed foul no doubt", "no doubt in my mind" "then how is it a fair ball?" "it was a bounding ball that crossed over 3rd base in flight, that is a fair ball" coach.......dumb look as he is walking back to the dugout

[CecilOne]

Does anyone understand why no matter what the difference is, anything stated by a coach or player is treated as true and anything stated by an official is treated as false? I see this in multiple sports, regardless of whether the coach could see the play or action from the bench or the spectators from their seats. Not just the partisan/neutral difference; it goes beyond that.

[MNBlue]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Does anyone understand why no matter what the difference is, anything stated by a coach or player is treated as true and anything stated by an official is treated as false? I see this in multiple sports, regardless of whether the coach could see the play or action from the bench or the spectators from their seats. Not just the partisan/neutral difference; it goes beyond that.

What I find to be humorous, is that in the pre-season scrimmages I work, I can't do anything wrong, and the players can't do much right. However, when that switch gets flipped from pre-season to regular season, the attitude gets switched as well.