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Originally posted by NSump
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Originally posted by chris s
I just read the original post. Just moved into nice new home.....finally got internet up and running.....SO, all I have to say is.....Do Not Fu&& up!! If a skippy wants to *****, hear him out(reasonably) then scoot him away.
I have screwed calls in my "younger years", been honest enough(sometimes) to tell skippy, "hey, I fu%%ed up"
Carl is correct in his ol saying, that ejections are usually caused by umps screw ups.........avoid it.
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Chris:
Carl is NOT right for 90% of amateur ball. For college, HS and top level men's ball where you have smart coaches, this is true. For LL, other youth ball and summer leagues, ejections usually have nothing to due with booted calls.
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Blaine: This is what you've never understood: I agree with what you just wrote. Whenever I say that an ejection generally follows a screw up by an umpire, I
always except non-professional coaches. Summer ball? Everyone's read my motto: Eject early and often, and you'll solve a lot of your problems. Rich Fronheiser called plenty of summer ball this year -- and had 10 ejections, just 10 more than in the entire regular season.
Untrained coaches don't know when or what to argue. So out they come -- and out they go!
But a professional (someone who's paid to umpire: high school, college, even MSBL in my area)
usually goes bananas only when he is certain the umpire was wrong.
The point: Learn the rules, get into position, take a little heat when you blow one -- and everybody goes home happy.