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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
There isn't enough cheese to feed the rats you had.
You need to squelch the bad behavior with some ejections. Don't take this kind of crap when working alone.
I would've confronted the coach who said "that wasn't a strike but we'll take it." That guy needed to go, as did all of them.
I haven't worked alone in YEARS, but when I did, I didn't entertain the coaches with any arguing over calls. Not paying for 2 umpires removes their right, in my mind, to come out and "argue" anything. Come out and there's a good chance that you're getting tossed.
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I agree. I would tell the coaches in the pregame meeting, there is nothing for you to complain about. There is no way I can see everything as one umpire. That is why there are normally two and other levels have 3 in many cases. I usually say something to that affect right off the bat, then if I have to say something I might say, "remember what we talked about in the meeting." Then I do not have to say another word the rest of the game.
I have also not worked by myself in a few years and thank God have not had to worry about it. But I give these guys very little rope when that is the case.
And from my standpoint, I almost never had to do a game by myself when I started coming up. All the games I did in my first two or three years were all 2 man. The place I live now, all games at the non-varsity level are one man games. The place I started, that would only happen if someone just did not show up or there was a scheduling conflict. No wonder we are struggling for umpires around here.
Peace