USA vs. Japan game ends on LBR violation

[IRISHMAFIA]

And you are equally allowed to be offended. Then again, there isn't a joke out there about an individual that may not offend someone, but you know what? They, too, are allowed.

Personally, I thought it was hillarious. I read it as a statement in jest with all the latest brouhaha about the former NBA referee and not an insinuation that Dora, or any other softball umpire, was on the take.

[Mountaineer]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

And you are equally allowed to be offended. Then again, there isn't a joke out there about an individual that may not offend someone, but you know what? They, too, are allowed.

Personally, I thought it was hillarious. I read it was a statement in jest with all the latest brouhaha about the former NBA referee and not an insinuation that Dora, or any other softball umpire, was on the take.

Thank you Mike for seeing through my comment. Of course I didn't mean she was on the take - OMG! If she were, she would have made more bad calls. It was totally a joke taking her meaningless call and jokingly implying that the whole game hinged on it. Of course it was a joke - who would have cared about this game to bet on it? The Japanese mafia???? Sheeeeeeeesh!

[bkbjones]

the Tim Donaghy joke isn't nearly as offensive as things I see and hear other day concerning our avocation. It's much more offensive to see things on this board that besmirch the good name of umpiring, from lack of knowledge to lack of hustle to lack of uniform, ad infinitum.

Let's invest the air we suck in on fixing the REAL problems, then we can worry about whether Tim Donaghy jokes amongst us umpires should be tolerated.

(Of course, the first coach to bring that up is GONE quicker than my 14th ex-wife.)

[JefferMC]

Look, Irish, don't you think you'll get to 6000 posts soon enough without such tactics (five nearly identical posts)?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by JefferMC

Look, Irish, don't you think you'll get to 6000 posts soon enough without such tactics (five nearly identical posts)?

Thanks. Don't know what happened there, didn't see them this AM.

Deleted most. BTW, they all had the same post time and same post number, so this was possibly a system glitch. Or maybe eteamz slithered their way onto this site.