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The Art Of Discretion: Umpires As Judges, Carrie Leonetti
The Art Of Discretion: Umpires As Judges, Carrie Leonetti
Carrie Leonetti
This Essay posits that those who object to the oft-employed judges-as-umpires analogy (not to mention many of those who employ it) do not really understand what umpires do because calling balls and strikes is highly complicated, nuanced, and discretionary, involving determinations of the intents of the pitcher and batter and the reasonableness of the batter’s actions at the plate. It argues that the core of the judges-as-umpires analogy – the idea that the parameters of the strike zone are fixed and not a matter of personal judgment – is faulty because, while the definition of the strike zone is fixed …