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Judges are like umpires, if umpires are appointed by one of the teams, and periodically decide Abner Doubleday originally intended for that team to get four outs and an extra baserunner. “I’m just a simple umpire, calling balls and strikes as I see them, and every now and then rewriting basic rules of the game with no reason” 8 35 208
...so they're all Angel Hernandez 1
Umpires with subjective moral codes that happen to coincide with people who have big bets on the outcomes of the games.
A+ Abner Doubleday reference
It's a great point and a better metaphor and I don't want to downplay that but
Abner Doubleday is such a great name.
Also, the owners get to send the umpires on all expense paid vacations during the off season
Sleeping outside - bad
Storming Capitol - good.
So, like how MLB umpires call the Yankees strike zone?