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Originally Posted by Justme
It is unlikely that the majority of umpires on this board will ever experience anything like this.
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True, but I would hope the ONE umpire who has this kind of crap on his resume is not negatively affected by it. Preventive game management is something we can all think about and work on. I feel the PU was unfairly criticized by HC at the most inappropriate time. To top it off, I did not see one security or administrative official interject throughout the entire melee. Why is it the Umpire is only held to such a high standard as Pete Booth suggested in thread #10?
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Originally Posted by Justme
In this situation I would do just what these guys did, stand back and watch the action while writing down numbers of the players starting the fight.
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Gee, they could write a book. I am not a writer and I don't carry a tape recorder or camera and when I get into a fight I don't really remember anything that happens other than the overall picture. I can't even remember faces, facts and words that may help me explain inappropriate actions by all of the idiots who may be involved. The details were lost in the melee and at the end the melee gets dumped on the UMP.