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I LOVE this one. "But the umpire in our last game said it was okay to do this".
A few years ago, a coach (HS Varsity) said this to a friend of mine. His response was, "That's strange coach. I was the plate umpire in your last game".
I was the PU in a Varsity game, and AFTER a team warning about removing helmets during a live ball, I ejected the visiting team's catcher for removing her helmet on the way back to her dugout. Before you comment, she had just crossed the foul line, and was not near the dugout. The first base coach, who was also the Head Coach commented, "That always happens to us up here". "THank you coach. That tells me our umpires are doing their job". By the way, I was the Association Assignor at that time. I brought this up at our next meeting, and told the members that I appreciated the coach's remark.
Bob
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