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Originally Posted by blueump
Wow it always amazes me how quick a toss finger some people have. Throwing out a coach is NOT a badge of honor! Coaches need to be able to question calls. Don't take it personally, unless they make it person.
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That's simply not true. Coaches don't have the right to question calls, they only have the right to ask about a rules interpretation.
A good umpire doesn't explain his decisions to any one - especially a dumb coach. If a coach comes to me and its my partners call, then I tell him, "Coach, let me ask my partner, that was his call."
And I personally will go to the other umpire and ask. IMO that lets the coach know that he doesn't understand how umpires work. If the coach asks, then I might tell him that I was watching etc., and my partner has the ______ on that play.
Example, check swing and my partner says he didn't go. Coach comes to me, then I will tell him if you would like to talk with my partner go ahead, he made the call."
Another is a missed base, seems the coach always thinks its the BU who watches all the bases- Ugh!
Thanks
David