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Old Wed Aug 29, 2007, 01:13pm
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I can't help it

Any time I see an umpire in patent leather at a softball game, I think he's a baseball official who's stooped to do an easy game for a change... a lesser game anyway.

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Old Wed Aug 29, 2007, 10:34pm
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Any time I see an umpire in patent leather at a softball game, I think he's a baseball official who's stooped to do an easy game for a change... a lesser game anyway.
Another idiotic statement from someone who hasn't the slightest idea of the subject upon which they have chosen to comment.
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Old Thu Aug 30, 2007, 12:25am
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He was obviously just being a troll, Mike. Wanted to get a rise out of someone about "easy game" ... and when that didn't work, he edited the post 9 hours later to add "lesser game." He doesn't even know how to be a good troll.
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Old Thu Aug 30, 2007, 12:54am
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Another idiotic statement from someone who hasn't the slightest idea of the subject upon which they have chosen to comment.
Which means he is PERFECT for the LL Softball WS.
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Old Thu Aug 30, 2007, 08:14am
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Any time I see an umpire in patent leather at a softball game, I think he's a baseball official who's stooped to do an easy game for a change... a lesser game anyway.
I have done a few years of BB and this year got my first introduction to FP SB and your post shows somebody who has no idea what they are talking about. In my opinion (what ever that is worth) baseball is easier to call than softball, but softball take less time. By that I mean that in BB you have much more time between the action to stretch, rest your legs, etc. In SB you are almost always "on the move" because the game is much more fast paced. Basically, you have to bust your *** a many more times in SB than in BB to be in the right place to make the best call you can.
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Old Thu Aug 30, 2007, 09:56am
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I have done a few years of BB and this year got my first introduction to FP SB and your post shows somebody who has no idea what they are talking about. In my opinion (what ever that is worth) baseball is easier to call than softball, but softball take less time. By that I mean that in BB you have much more time between the action to stretch, rest your legs, etc. In SB you are almost always "on the move" because the game is much more fast paced. Basically, you have to bust your *** a many more times in SB than in BB to be in the right place to make the best call you can.
I believe Mike meant his post tongue in cheek. He was speaking as a baseball umpire would.
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Old Thu Aug 30, 2007, 11:07am
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I believe Mike meant his post tongue in cheek. He was speaking as a baseball umpire would.
I'm stickin' with my troll theory.
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Old Thu Aug 30, 2007, 01:40pm
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I'm stickin' with my troll theory.
I just noticed the edit, and recant my previous post. I agree that he was just trying to get a rise out the community, now.
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Old Thu Aug 30, 2007, 06:35pm
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I'm stickin' with my troll theory.
I think it's more than that. I think it's a troll conspiracy theory. One troll has been conspicuous in his absence (did he sprain his fists?), and now we suddenly have another.

I'm looking all over the place for another one. I think I just saw one behind the wall across the street...
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Old Thu Aug 30, 2007, 07:45pm
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I think it's more than that. I think it's a troll conspiracy theory. One troll has been conspicuous in his absence (did he sprain his fists?), and now we suddenly have another.

I'm looking all over the place for another one. I think I just saw one behind the wall across the street...
He's under the bridge and we're just a bunch of old goats
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Old Thu Aug 30, 2007, 09:17pm
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He's under the bridge and we're just a bunch of old goats
That would be old GRUFF goats!
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Old Fri Aug 31, 2007, 10:37am
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...I think I just saw one behind the wall across the street...
Did you check the grassy knoll.......
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Old Fri Aug 31, 2007, 03:00pm
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Did you check the grassy knoll.......
Too busy ducking for cover
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