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Originally Posted by CoachJM
Since you seem to be actually bothering to learn the rules, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. It (generally speaking) really pisses off umpires to see a coach bring a rulebook onto the field. For some reason, even though you're probably just trying to be helpful, they interpret this as if you're trying to "show them up" by calling their competence into question - in front of God and everybody. It's kind of considered "poor etiquette".
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JM:
1) It really pisses off umpires for a good reason which is:
2) Coaches are not trying to be
helpful, they are in fact acting like the rats they are.
3) The reason umpires interpret this as trying to show them up is because that is exactly what the coach is doing. This is not some wild notion umpires have. Bringing out a rule book is indeed calling their competence into question.
4) It is not only considered "poor etiquette," it is extremely
poor etiquette.
But thank you for explaining it from a totally biased coach's standpoint. Please let the umpires do this in the future. It is very easy to sit in the dugout and flaunt your knowledge of the rules, and a very different case to actually have to apply these rules in stressful situations. That requires an umpire.