Get some help!
"Get some help" suggests we can't do our job. For every close play and for every call that doesn't go their way, coaches, from playground league through competitive ball, appeal to us, in the name of approachability, to seek another opinion.
Not only are they asking, but now they almost expect us to do it. If we do not, we are labeled arrogant. Whose fault is that?
It's ours! We as umpires have let go our ethics, ignored our responsibilities, and copped out on ourselves and every other umpire. We have taken the cheap and easy way out and in doing so have created the monster that plagues us now.
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