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Umpires aren't even supposed to talk to the players in this league
I've never heard of such a thing. Man, the first thing I say to catchers is "you're my new best first, ya know why?", "Why?", "because you're going to protect me today". I've had some paranoid managers try to tell me not to talk to players, funny really. Probably thinking we're talking about him (we are, ususally).
Give 13 year olds a little more credit. You put him on the spot, I'm just giving him his options. I'll bet he's a smart fellow, or he wouldn't be your catcher.
Your umpire shouldn't have stated that he wouldn't call strike for your team, that was wrong. He just should have stated he would dump the manager if this line of questioning went any further. Didn't you say you were warned not to ask location anymore, then you did it again and were dumped?
Again, just ask the umpire between innings. I get it all the time, "hey Kyle, we can't tell from the dugout, where's Mikey missing?" I manage too, that's what I do.
[Edited by kylejt on Oct 24th, 2003 at 01:56 PM]
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