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Originally Posted by TussAgee11
District Little League game today. Team A wanted to make a special pinch runner, to which i walked over to the manager, thinking that all the subs had been used, and therefore, you can't do this. I called in my more experienced partner to the discussion, who straighened me out. The coach then reported the switch to the booth, where the TD was.
Now, I was wrong, so I have to take some heat here. So that upsets me. I hate being wrong, but accept that I was, and will never be on that rule again. I was misguided
But while I was calling my partner in, the vice president of the league which hosts the tournament, who was standing on the fence next to the backstop, was yelling at me to allow it and have them report it. He is an umpire as well, but was not the TD for this game. While we was yelling, I put my hand out and told him to "Relax for a second".
After the game, as me and partner are walking to car, he comes up to me. The district head was also in on this conversation. I told him very clearly that while I was wrong (and will learn from it), I did not appreciate what he did. I told him he made me look bad in front of everyone. I told him that it was between me, partner, and TD, and he should know that being an umpire.
All he kept telling me was, it's a simple rule, you were wrong, I am the VP of X Little League. You need to know the rules.
I replied with "Listen, you were right, I'm not questioning that, but don't make me look bad. Let me and partner figure it out."
I've had similar encounters at this field before with him (him telling me to have pitchers throw 1 pitch between innings to speed it up, to which I replied, "no" + a time where during a weather delay he cancelled the game, to which we had another one of these conversations about).
So, how upset should I be? I goofed, and got shown up by a brother umpire while the game was going on. I would have been fine with that getting done in the parkinglot.
Thanks.
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