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Originally posted by LilLeaguer
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Originally posted by LDUB
JM's protest is the same thing. He saw something, and he assumed the umpire saw the same thing.
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I feel confident, if JM actually acts anything like he posts, that he usually goes out onto the field with two goals:
1. Convince the umpire to change the call.
2. Bait the umpire into a winnable protest.
-LL [/B]
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Seems correct to me. Coaches, all coaches, are lobbyists. They do not say "boo" to an umpire without having a desired result in mind. Experienced umpires understand this and limit their conversations accordingly. Unfortunately, some newer umpires are not aware of this and, on occasion, in an effort to help a coach, say something in a manner that really didn't reflect their actions or understanding only to have it used against them. (again, there is a reason they are called Rats)
One of the good Texas umpires I know has, for years, advocated responses of five words or less to all questions from coaches. I adopted that a couple of years ago and it works extremely well.