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Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser
I always takes something like this to remind me that rats are rats.
A few weeks ago I was working as U1 in a 3-man crew when a batter walked on a full count. When he arrived at first, he and the F3 were having a jolly good time bashing the plate umpire -- the batter didn't like strike 2 and the fielder didn't like ball 4 -- that made the PU "inconsistent."
Since it was a meaningless (to me) adult league game and I'm not above sticking my nose where it doesn't belong, I asked both of them if they were ever happy with the umpiring. They both turned and gave me blank stares and I just laughed at them.
This guy (in the article) deserves about 3 eye-high strikes in a row next time he comes up.
But it does sound like the AMLU guys are having a hard time at a proportion higher than the replacement umpires. Wonder why these articles aren't up on UmpNews or the AMLU site?
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Coaches are rats in other sports. This story reminds me of a high school basketball game I was doing. I called a pushing foul, a.k.a, "over the back" foul on a rebound on a teams best player (the coach's son, no less). He argues there was a foot between the two players and there was no contact. At halftime I see the two head coach's visiting with each other, and the one coach was pleading his case with the other coach, and the other coach agreed with him! Safe to say, there were no more "over the back" fouls called the rest of the night.
On a side note, I knew both coaches quite well off the court as both of them are baseball umpires. Small world.