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Originally posted by LDUB
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Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
By the way, here's another rule we don't much care for, in fact, it is a huge joke among veteran umps here:
The option of restricting the coach to the dugout instead of ejecting him. Nobody in our association (which, by the way, is one of the oldest, and most respected nationwide) would even consider restricting the coach. Please tell me you have never restricted a coach to the bench!
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As David has already said, there is a good reason for this rule. As I have said before, if one underdsands why the NF makes its rules, they aren't weird.
One of the oldest, most respected associations nationwide? Now in my games when I hear the coaches say "I wish we had those good umpires from that associatin in San Diego", I know what they mean.
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Yes, the coaches would be correct. No insult intended, but we are. More MLB umpires from us that any other single association in America. Facts are facts. One of our instructors (for the probationaries), is a MLB umpire.
By the way, there are many associations here, I was only refering to mine in particlular.
There is a reason for all the rules, whether or not the reason is a good one is debateable, which is what we are doing, isn't it. Let's not debate it any longer, as I am tired of it. I have already acknowledged that this rule has its place in some areas.