In Which I Am Forced To Agree With Derek Jeter

I’ve long complained about the de facto “every play is a force play” rule that seems to prevail among too many umpires. But I think this is the first time I’ve seen this laziness and incompetence defended so explicitly. At least Ques Tec might stop us from reverting to the fairly recent times in which umpires felt they were entitled to unilaterally enforce individualized strike zones…