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Originally Posted by mcrowder
Please don't imply that I work LL. No offense to the LL'ers, but I'm not one of them.
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Not implying that you work in LL...I am implying that your post that I first replied too in this thread was suggesting a LL-like mechanic. I've been to too many LL games (my son plays) where instead of dealing with a "non-routine situation" being created by a coach, the umpire puts his head in the proverbial sand and hopes that the situation will just go away.
(I've seen many an umpire who I just knew had to be thinking: "Maybe if I just stay here and sweep the plate till its real white, AND then re-set my indicator-clicky thing, AND then get some new baseballs from the ball boy AND then adjust my ball bags AND then re-draw the inside batter's box line for the next batter AND, AND, AND....he'll just leave the mound on his own and I won't have to talk to him.")
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Originally Posted by mcrowder
How would I know what he's doing. I'm ignoring him, doing my job.
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If you're ignoring him...then you are NOT doing your job.
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Again, how would I know.
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I agree YOU wouldn't know, because, as I typed, you are likely not doing your job.
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Originally Posted by mcrowder
But there's nothing wrong with giving him 15-20 to cool down, and it might save an ejection. And it is certainly possible that if you decide to walk out there and meet him, he could simply begin issuing instruction to his pitcher to make you look the fool (and you WOULD look the fool). To me - walking out there like you suggest is simply baiting the manager.
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As I said above in this thread...you're mechanic is NOT the mechanic taught at umpire school, period. I know this the new mellow age of umpiring...and I have mellowed A LOT over the last 10 years...but sometimes Mr. Red *** has to come out. And if going out to the mounds when you know that the manager is waiting for you is being a Red *** (which I don't concede)...then so be it.