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In America, men-in-uniform positively *dislike* conceding that a suggestion is correct, if it comes from off the field.
We have seen an inordinate amount of emotional *resistance* to the Aumont syndrome. For whatever reason, in baseball most folks see themselves as being in competition with everybody else, whether it be with respect to judging a player, diagnosing a mechanical flaw, writing a better article, or what-have-you.
Japanese people compete too, but the cultural emphasis on politeness leads to a more civil, open-minded discussion of the unfamiliar.