re ron gant stalling and hirschbeck in apr adobe com snichols adobe com sherri nichols writes in article steph pegasus cs uiuc edu steph pegasus cs uiuc edu dale stephenson writes but in the past a disputed strike call has been enough reason to step out of the batters box it may not be a good idea it may even irritate the umpire but i ve seen it a lot and i ve seen it tolerated just not this time the key words here are in the past everybody was warned before the season began that the umpires had been instructed to enforce the rule in the interest of speeding up the game when i see this happening to other players i ll post a public apology to mr hirschbeck until then i think this was a case of selective enforcement dale j stephenson steph cs uiuc edu baseball fanatic it is considered good to look wise especially when not overburdened with information j golden kimball
