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Old Wed Jun 04, 2008, 06:56am
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Originally Posted by wadeintothem
Man, some of you are real whiners about this whole deal. Who gives a rats *** if they goof up a rule? Coaches are not going to goof them up more or less now than before.
I care for the same reason I believe IPs should be called at this level. When I saw Team USA, there were coaches and parents having their children study the likes of Monica Abbott. Great pitcher, but illegal as hell. Heard one coach tell his team, "see the way she steps up and gets her entire foot in the dirt for traction to push off".

Unfortunately, in our game, the coaches are almost as impressionable as the players. On multiple occasions, I have had coaches cite what they had seen or heard on TV as the rule. I have a hard enough time just to keep from laughing in front of them.

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Hell I'd be happy if umpires on the fields would study and get the rules right..talking heads on TV? Not an issue. At least its on TV.
Of course, as officials, we wouldn't want to worry about the integrity of the game or the manner in which it is being promoted and presented to the public and future fan base. You see, not all of us are in it for the money or acknowledgement.

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Watch the games and shawdup.
Practice what you preach. If you don't care for the content (and the subject line of this thread couldn't be any clearer), don't open and read the thread.

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Some of you are worse than 12U B Travel Ball mothers at their annual sewing circle meeting.
Here's the difference. Most of us know what we are talking about and we obviously worry more about it being done right, on and off the field.

I think you are just pissed because this crew is wearing the classic powder over navy and using common, yet very distinctive signals
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