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Originally posted by SeaDude
My daughters played a High School game yesterday and had the opposing pitcher make a noise after the pitch reached the plate. I noticed her doing it in warm ups. The coaches didn't say anything (whole diff. problem there), but I did. The Umpire said that if she did it consistantly as part of her release then he didn't see a problem with it unless the other umpire did. Her coach said she has always done it and it was part of her release. Fact is, she did not do it consistantly through out the game and it was much later then the release. It was noticed in the student section which brought complaint and eventually grunts from them during her release. I believe it is shows unsporting behavior by a player, but I can't actually find a definition of "unsporting". Can anyone direct me?
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With all due respect, if you are not the head coach of your daughters High School team, you have no business talking to the umpires during the game. That is the job of team captains and head coach. If I had been umpiring this game I would not have listened to you at all and then politely refered you to your daughters coach.
My daughter is a junior at a DIII school with a very good softball program. Her team has played in the DIII world series for the last 3 years and hopes to go again this year (Regionals this weekend!!!) The last two years we faced pitchers who "grunted" on every pitch. The NCAA Umpires who were working the tournament told me that it was strictly umpire judgement and that they (or I) have never called it or seen it called by another umpire. I would suggest you get used to it. I doubt it's going to change.
As for what students start to do in the stands, well, their conduct is overseen by the school administrator at the game site. Umpires have no jurisdiction or responsibility for people in the stands.