http://duckingbeamers.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/ Examining the Cricket World -- With Adequate Protection, Of Course Wed, 22 May 2013 07:35:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://duckingbeamers.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-6295 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:37:32 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-6295 I needed to draft you one very little remark just to give many thanks as before with the amazing ideas you’ve shared on this page. It is simply unbelievably open-handed with you to present without restraint just what many of us would have supplied for an ebook to earn some cash for their own end, specifically given that you could have done it in case you desired. The solutions as well served as a good way to realize that other people have a similar eagerness much like mine to find out more and more with reference to this matter. I am sure there are millions of more pleasurable times ahead for folks who check out your blog post

]]> http://duckingbeamers.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-4617 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:02:16 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-4617 [...] they were treated like a Hobbesian sovereign. (I’ve made this argument in more detail before here.) Hobbes, you will recall from your college philosophy days, was worried about how rulers could [...]

]]> http://duckingbeamers.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-3778 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:46:43 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-3778 [...] “Crying for Bucknor/The Umpire as Tragic Figure“ [...]

]]> http://duckingbeamers.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-3358 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:56:22 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-3358 [...] readers know that I view the cricket umpire as a mythical demi-god who cannot be questioned. I have explained this before, but briefly, it relates to Hobbes’ [...]

]]> http://duckingbeamers.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-3222 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:00:06 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-3222 [...] Freehit_MJ suggests that contact sports may be more difficult. I’m not sure why. I confess I have only a vague idea of what American football referees do, but it can’t be that hard if the most disputed call is whether a foul occurred or not. I also don’t think these questions raise to the level of importance of appeals in cricket. Losing a wicket is tremendously important to a batting side, whereas a foul in soccer/basketball/etc. is only a big deal in certain situations. I think cricket accords umpires so much protection from dissent precisely because we understand how difficult the job is. For more that, go here. [...]

]]> http://duckingbeamers.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-3202 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:27:01 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-3202 [...] a more flexible approach. The problem, I suspect, is that in a pick-up game, you can’t create the Hobbesian umpire figure. That’s because the person chosen to umpire often comes from one of the teams, and is thus [...]

]]> http://duckingbeamers.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-1746 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:18:43 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-1746 [...] in cricket, umpires may be reviled or even considered dopes in certain situations (recall the tragedy of Steve Bucknor, India v. Australia), but on the field, they cannot, must not, should not be questioned. Here, [...]

]]> http://duckingbeamers.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-1105 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:53:19 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-1105 [...] that prefers boisterous patriotism to a measured one. We saw this model most clearly after the Sydney Test umpiring fiasco, when all sorts of people — politicians! ex-players! man-on-the-street! — claimed [...]

]]> http://duckingbeamers.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-1090 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:22:25 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-1090 [...] Australians (and the Sydney Test had much to do with it). Besides, it didn’t make much sense: umpires should make decisions, not [...]

]]> http://duckingbeamers.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-813 Thu, 14 May 2009 07:48:17 +0000 http://duckingbeamers.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/crying-for-bucknorthe-umpire-as-tragic-figure/#comment-813 [...] and, quite frankly, even it were, I still wouldn’t support its use because I like the fallible-but-sovereign umpire figure. Yes, umpires change the course of the game, but while some think that’s unfair, I believe [...]

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