he email from the coach (Part I) set out in detail how an umpire shafted the team in a championship game. Maybe it did not happen exactly as the coach said, but the coach certainly perceived it that way. I closed Part I by pointing out that the coach’s perception could have been wrong. Numerous Internet umpire boards assumed the coach was wrong and ganged up on him at that point.

Peter tilts at a windmill

But since I generally run counter to the grain, I am going to take a radical departure from my brethren and assume the coach is right. A recurring theme of mine is that coaches are smarter than umpires, so this coach will get the benefit of the doubt.

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