Close Call

Watching the New York Mets play some baseball the other day, and was amazed at the one call an umpire made. The runner was on first base so long he could have set up housekeeping, but the umpire called him out. After much ranting and raving the umpire also called the first base coach out. It wasn't a pleasant moment but the umpire had all the power and, right or wrong, he was going to win.

Watching the umpire rememded me of a quote from Jay Leno, "I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give up the idea. I'm only six feet tall, so I couldn't play basketball. I'm only 190 pounds, so I couldn't play football, and I have 20/20 vision, so I couldn't be an umpire."


A lot of life is like that umpire's call. Somebody makes a bad call and if they have the power, we have the problem. I guess the question is, do we want to rant and rave and let our feelings be known, with the possibility of even more dire circumstances? Or do we just let it go. I'm glad when I was younger I let my feeling be known, but today most things aren't all that important.
I guess the umpire slept ok that night, and by the end of the game, nobody really cared, so it all worked out.
Well, the Mets didn't win, but I guess we are used to that too. Just Say'n

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