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et's get right to the point. In trying to defend the view that we should leap to offer our partner help, Roland has clouded the issue. He has confused two basic concepts: help and responsibility.

When we look in the dictionary, we see that these two things have very different meanings.

help   v. helped, help·ing, helps v. tr.

To give assistance to; aid: I helped her find the book. He helped me into my coat.

re·spon·si·bil·i·ty   n. pl. re·spon·si·bil·i·ties

Something for which one is responsible; a duty, obligation, or burden.

So how has Roland confused these ideas? He has done so by stating that an umpire who is merely doing his job is doing much more. Roland feels that this umpire has evolved to higher cerebral consciousness because he is so helpful.

Hogwash. The umpire in question is only doing his job.

Uh, isn't that my job?

Let's look closer at some of the situations Roland presented:

1. Consider what happens during a rundown between third and home, only R3 at the pitch.  The plate umpire takes one end of the rundown and the base umpire covers the other end. 

Well, in my neck of the woods, if the PU isn't covering one end of the rundown, we won't need his services any more.  That is part of the PU's responsibility!

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