"Umpires defended without question"
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Behavior control? 
I don't think people have determined words to be more offensive than others based on behavior control.
Absolute? No. But when most are offended when you use the words that you did, then I would consider it wrong and inappropriate.
Have you ever admitted when you have said or did something wrong, or do you blame others for everything?
I don't think people have determined words to be more offensive than others based on behavior control.Absolute? No. But when most are offended when you use the words that you did, then I would consider it wrong and inappropriate.
Have you ever admitted when you have said or did something wrong, or do you blame others for everything?
For those who are wondering, WE, the moderators, decide what is appropriate and inappropriate on this forum. If you don't like our decisions you don't have to post here. If you want to post here, lose the profanity.
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- Jul 30, 2012
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I've gone on record here recently that the Umpires here do, in fact, defend other, unknown, Umpires. I'll stick to that. It wasn't a complaint about Umpires in general. It was more a; "why are you defending that whom you do not know, and in turn, making it sound like the OP is imagining what really happened?" One example from a previous post; "if that's the way it happened..." That's defending the Umpire by insinuating the OP was wrong and the Umpire was right. I'm just saying, there are crappy Umpires, just like there are crappy cops, construction workers, etc. And pretending that isn't the case is just ignorant. Now, I'll also happily recognize that a great majority of Umpires are awesome. My team played 5 games this weekend, and I can't recall a single call or problem with any of the Umpires we had. I just wish every tourney was like that.
Hmmm, how many posts did I just list where umpires were called out, and the list was only over the last 5 months. And in fact there is an additional one to add to the list from last night. If a person is not there to see a play in person, there is absolutely no way of knowing exactly how the play unfolded. An action in the play that may seem completely unimportant to the poster may in fact make a huge difference in how the play would be called. Qualifying a comment is not supporting the umpire nor is insinuating anything about the poster. It is simply saying, based on the information provided, this is what the call should have been.
- Mar 28, 2013
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The fact that these Umpire threads seem to just keep going and going like the energizer bunny I've got a question. Its obvious both sides have allot to get off their collective chests, Has any one of you in this vast country of ours every heard of some sort of pre season joint seminar between coaches and the umpire associations so these things can be discussed and feed back can be exchanged without the pressure of a game and parents looking on getting in the way? I would think both sides would benefit.
Some of the rec leagues will have a pre season meeting and have an umpire on hand to answer questions of the coaches. As for travel ball, at least in my area you would probably not get very many coaches to attend. If the coaches asked for one Im sure the local umpire associations would be more than happy to supply umpires to answer questions. They would just have to ask for it.
Funny, an ump takes offense to a joke posted on wrong thread, (should have been "ump walks into a bar" thread). When a fellow ump posts obscenities on this same thread, you are silent. Not 1 ump said anything about his vulgarity, isn't this the whole point of this thread? Backing your fellow umps regardless if they are right or wrong?
BTW, distasteful it may have been but I thought it was funny!
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