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J P Falcon · 04-08-2002, 05:09 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by JimboJones:
My question is not whether there is any advantage to arguing a call, but how do you know when to argue a call? I mean you can't actually see the play. All you have to go by is the play-by-play description, which only tells you it was a close call. How are you supposed to know whether the ump made a bad call??<hr /></blockquote>Sometimes during the game the play by play will indicate that the ump made a mistake and blew a call...perhaps if you see these during the game, and then you have a chance to argue, you can assume it's a bad call based on his previous patterns...maybe then, you may lessen the chance of another bad call occuring, because you argued.
Just guessing here.........

04-08-2002, 05:09 PM	#15
J P Falcon Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NJ Posts: 406	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by JimboJones: <strong>My question is not whether there is any advantage to arguing a call, but how do you know when to argue a call? I mean you can't actually see the play. All you have to go by is the play-by-play description, which only tells you it was a close call. How are you supposed to know whether the ump made a bad call??</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Sometimes during the game the play by play will indicate that the ump made a mistake and blew a call...perhaps if you see these during the game, and then you have a chance to argue, you can assume it's a bad call based on his previous patterns...maybe then, you may lessen the chance of another bad call occuring, because you argued. Just guessing here.........