91. Umpires will be patient with hitters early this season. 92. Umpires are likely to counter that, overall, umpires are much easier to deal with than in the old days. 93. Umpires are, too. 94. Umpires still will be the object of scorn, but the mistakes will be fewer, the margin of error reduced significantly. 95. Under the system in use, all umpires are eligible for post-season series and the All-Star Game. 96. Umpires are expected have a picket line here. 97. Umpires are like that, a Mafia code. 98. When the umpire said there was no rule to stop Kucera, Agassi decided to retaliate. 99. Agassi complained that umpires were too quick in punishing players for swearing in the heat of the battle. 100. Although another check will be made after lunch, umpires are not optimistic. |