Re: _Eric Gregg's strike zone_, Anthony Jones wrote to Terry May on 15 Oct 
:
 AJ> Look I know your upset, but I saw the game, he was calling them like
 AJ> that all game.
So as long as you're consistantly bad, that's okay, huh?  Rafael Belliard 
must be a Hall of Fame player, because he consistantly can't hit.
 AJ> I argee the pitch looked outside for leftheanded hitters and he would
 AJ> called them strikes but that's no reason to go on about.
Yeah, far be it for me to expect umpires to actually follow the rule book.
 AJ> I play baseball in my league and I also am an umpire and defend his
 AJ> remarks.
So you think it's perfectly fine for an umpire to make up his own rules?
 AJ> As a ball player I can personally adjust to a strike zone that after
 AJ> the first at-bat you get a feel for.
Okay, as a ball player, how do you adjust for a ball that's more than a foot 
outside?  As a ball player, what do you do when you move up on the plate to 
attempt to reach a ball way outside, and then the pitcher throws a ball on 
the inside of the plate, where if you swing, you're lucky if you get it on 
the handle of the bat?
 AJ> Every umps have a slightly different strike zone, so his was a little
 AJ> outside, players should have adjusted to it.
First, the rule books don't allow for every ump to have their own strike 
zone.  And second, if you think those calls were just "a little outside," 
then I suggest you have your eyes examined.
 AJ>         By the final pitch of the game Fred McGriff should have known
 AJ> he was calling them outside.  It is not Eric Gregg's fault.
It's not Eric Gregg's fault that he ignored the rules?  Who's fault was it?
 AJ>  Boo-Hoo Atlanta Braves fan no World Series this year, the just as bad
 AJ> as the Marlins buying there team.  GO EXPOS!!!  A REAL TEAM!!! Stick
 AJ> together through thick or thin!
At least till someone offers them more money. 
... (^:b Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Neagle d:^)
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