[dudeinblue]

Originally posted by BigUmp56
dudeinblue,

Are you sure that as an umpire you can forfeit a USSSA tournament game? You did say this was the national tournament right?(World Series)

Yes, I am sure. I checked with the tournament director. Although such a warning should not be necessary as they have a police officer on-site. The warning should not have been issued. My mistake for that. Although I do think it is appropriate in some situations (depending on the tournament, age group, situation, etc.).

Saying to a coach or player " one more word and your gone ",
is referred to as the " old bait and hook ", and is very unprofessional. Simply tell the party in question that you are through with this discussion, and walk away. If he follows, then you eject him.

Good advice. I'll be sure and do this next time.

Just as you don't signal to a pitcher where he is missing when you call a pitch a ball, you don't offer information to a batter as to where a pitch was that you called a strike. It's your job to call them, and it's his job to figure out where you are calling them. This is a part of the game.

Yeah, you're right. It's tough to sit and ignore a 12 year old kid throwing his arms up after every pitch and rolling his head and eyes. I just felt according to the situation, something needed to be said to him.

I'm curious as to where in the country you are calling games in the USSSA world series.

Knoxville, TN. USSSA has alot of national tournaments. Knoxville is one of like 5 locations for the AA division.

These are sophomorish mistakes, and you will learn to correct them with more experience.

It's because I'm a sophomore umpire. This is only my 3rd year calling. The assignor likes me alot and I call a ton of games for him so he hooks me up. Many umpires here would tell me I handled it well, but I wanted a more professional, thought out, opinion from you guys as to how you would handle this. Bottom line, the coach should have been tossed so it happened. It was all of the things in between that I was unsure of. Thanks for the advice Tim.

Tim.
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[Edited by BigUmp56 on Jul 28th, 2005 at 12:38 AM]