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Originally posted by His High Holiness
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Originally posted by Macaroo
However, the other day at my (middle level) varsity game the home (losing) coach was right near me doing the hand-shake thing. Since he was just at home plate, I attempted to hand him the two game balls, and he practically slapped them out of my grip. So, no more acts of courtesy on my part in future.
Also, I work quite a bit with college guys (Legion, Men's and some HS). They roll the balls and scram.
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Who said anything about handing balls to a head coach? That's an insult. That's what he has a ball boy for. You insulted his status by giving him the balls.
There is a reason that many folks do not make it into NCAA and it usually has nothing to do with their strike zone and safe/out judgement. It has everything to do with little niceties.
BTW, in the rare cases where I do men's leagues and legion ball, I dump the balls and get the he!! out of there. The NCAA crowd and some high schools are more cultured and they expect their umpires to behave the same way. I was just trying to educate those that want to move to the next level. If you love low level ball, ignore my posts.
And no, I never stay around and solicit accolades. Unless the coach says something to me, I say nothing to him and I'll bet I spend no more than 5-10 seconds handing the balls to a ball boy or putting them in the ball bucket.
Peter
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I've seen NCAA head coaches putting the lines down, for crying out loud.
But I don't roll the balls anywhere, myself. I'm not fond of that. Instead, I hand the balls to one of the last players to come out of the dugout to shake hands.
We did have service on the field working some D-III stuff the other week. College girls assigned to bring us Gatorade, gum, and seeds if we wanted it. They came out at the end of the 3rd and 6th each game.
I don't expect it, though. Most often there's not a drink to be found unless you go into a dugout looking for one.