Original to Tim Shenk of 1:261/1000
Forwarded on  by Alan Hess of 1:261/1000
Whilst masticating on , Tim Shenk (1:261/1000)
wrote to Alan Hess:
TS> All I can say is, I can't read lips, and I don't know all the  
TS> facts surrounding the ill-will between the two that has  
TS> apparently been going on for some time.  Without knowing all that  
TS> went on in that tirade at the plate, and what went on prior to  
TS> it, I think it casts somewhat of an unfair light on Alomar. 
I have no doubt that the umpire called Alomar a name, as Alomar claims.  
Umpires, because of their union, act with total impunity on the field, and 
never face censure for anything they do (when's the last time an ump was 
suspended for provoking the escalation of an argument, for example?), but, 
regardless of any name Alomar may have been called, that was no excuse for 
spitting on Hirschbeck.  It was a stupid, childish act.
TS> I just think it to be quite unfortunate, and quite unfortunate  
TS> that Alomar will probably carry the brunt of the fall-out. 
He did the spit, he'll take the shit.  *adh*
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