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Originally Posted by PWL
And that is where your problem lies. You are not a professional umpire. Get that through your head. Professional teams have relievers that are specialists. Wouldn't you agree that most high school teams are lucky to have three front line pitchers? Their relief pitchers are 99 out of 100 times already on the field as a position player. The coach isn't stalling so he can bring in his ace reliever. The rule for trips to the mound in high school are different than at the professional level. So let the coach do his business. He should know when he has been out there long enough. If the baseball in San Diego is all cracked up as you say it is, then these coaches shouldn't need an umpire's directive that they have been out on the mound too long. Sit back and enjoy a little fresh air. Since you didn't brown nose your way into D-1 umpiring, could you explain how everyone else gets there.
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I didn't realize the discussion was about bringing in a new pitcher. I thought we were discussing conferences on the mound while leaving the same pitcher in the game. Perhaps others don't have problems with coaches that will unnecessarily delay the game while giving an extended pep talk to their pitchers during a conference. If Tee doesn't have that problem then he's very fortunate to have coaches who understand that they need to get their business done relatively quickly during a conference. It's been my experience that the coaches in my area don't have that understanding and sense of decorum, so we have to break up conferences quite a bit. Usually all I have to do is start walking toward the mound and they get the message and finish before I have to get all the way out to say something.
Tim.