Don't worry, cgs. My skin is a lot thicker than that...
Joe, you have a good point on how your batter can react on this play. I'm sure that you don't tell your defense to lay down on this one, as the defense did in the above post!
Sftbllm0m, you seem upset and I'm not sure why. I went back and read my answers and didn't see anything offensive and certainly didn't call you stupid. If any post in this thread is "bent out of shape" it would have to be the last one you made.
As for the whole "cheating" thing, first you seemed to think that the umpire incorrectly called your batter out, then you said (QUOTE) "It was 11:30 at night and I think he just wanted to go home." (UNQUOTE). All I can draw from that is that you are implying that your batter was called out just to get the game over with quicker. If that is not what you meant, what other reason could you possibly have for even making that statement?
Any umpire that would purposely misapply a rule for his own personal agenda is, in effect, cheating.
But let's forget all that- along with every other word posted in this thread.
You presented a play and asked, "Was this correct?".
I answered, "The umpire was 100% correct".
I'll just stick with that answer and wish you and your team the best of luck this season (even though you would walk away from that answer with absolutely no idea why it is correct, or which rule should be applied, or be any less "baffled" than when you first started out).