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Originally posted by Ref Ump Welsch
Later, my assignor said that the coach admitted he didn't want to be toe to toe with a guy who looks like he was a linebacker in high school or something.
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As I mentioned earlier, I "cut my softball teeth" with Men's Fastpitch. We had a young lady who would come umpire with me about once a week. She was an excellent player of the game (D-I quality) and a very good umpire. These guys used to think they could intimidate her, to the point of actually getting in her face (she was only 5'1" and weight about 100 pounds soaking wet). I guess they thought that since she was a female they could intimidate her. She never let them get to her though. She would calmly ask them to back away, and they eventually got the point. To be honest, she's much better at umpiring than I am, but I had half the problems. I guess being 6'2" and tipping the scale at nearly 300 pounds they never really wanted to mess with me (although I'm as quiet as a mouse...really!) Why is that?