[PeteBooth]

Originally posted by Illini_Ref


I umpired a Little League State Tournament game last night. The defense was instituting the time honored tradition of yelling "hey batter" with each pitch.

Unfortunately, baseball isn't what it used to be. Pretty soon a baseball game will resemble a golf tournament and no-one will be able to say anything.

You cannot say things that were STANDARD when we played like

1. Pitcher's got nothing
2. F1 has no Move
3. He's looking for a walk
4. hand Clapping on the bases.
The list goes on and on.

What I find Amazing, is all the hoopla that goes along with Football/basketball is accepted but baseball has become this "panzy" sport now-a-days and you can't say a thing which makes our job as umpire more difficult.

I am jealous of our former Blues back in the day when all they had to worry about was calling the game. The "other" stuff, the "Game" took care of itself. Boy do I yearn for the good ole days.

Now as soon as you hear ANYTHING, put a stop to it. I am waiting for the day when someone asks "Is ok for us to breath"

Pete Booth