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One of my rules of thumb in baseball - and life - is, "Consider the source". Is the coach who said, "That's two you've missed today" someone I know and respect? Is he a grizzled vet or a young buck? Did he put on a "show" in his delivery of the line? Is there any indication why he was trying to show me up? Was it a onetime comment out of the blue (no pun intended) or was it one in a string of other "editorial" comments on the quality of my umpiring? Once I measure all of this information, I can measure my response.
Have I ejected a coach for this comment? Yes. Regularly? No. Have I ignored this comment? Yes. Regularly? No. I'm an umpire. Type A personality. I don't like to be attacked - especially by a coach who has not been trained in nor worked at the levels of umpiring through which I've moved.
JJ
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