Whilst masticating on , Terry May (1:209/745)
wrote to Ed Grinnell:
TM> I did.  By even bringing up his son in an attempt to excuse his actions, 
Alomar did not bring up Hirschbeck's son to excuse his own actions!  Alomar 
was  giving his opinion as to why Hirschbeck was not the same person he used 
to be.  Hirschbeck has been known to have an overly quick trigger for years - 
Alomar said what many players and managers feel; that the tragic loss of his 
son affected Hirschbeck's personality.
TM> he's dirties the son's name by making him a part of this mess.  The son 
TM> should have never been mentioned, period.  It was low class all the way. 
It was not the proper time to bring up the issue of Hirschbeck's personality. 
 Regardless of that, or anything Hirschbeck said, there was no excuse for 
Alomar's spitting.
However, the mediots conveniently ignore the fact that the spitting incident 
would not have occurred had Hirschbeck done his job properly (and I'm not 
talking about the blown strike call - they happen.)  Alomar had had his say 
about the call, and gone back to the dugout.  Rather than go on with the 
game, Hirschbeck chose to approach the dugout and escalate the argument.  The 
ump's job is to maintain order, not create additional disorder.  *adh*
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