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Originally Posted by Arnold A.
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15 yr. old Babe Ruth game, runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out.
Single to right, R2 tries to score, my partner calls him out. R1 slips rounding third, catcher throws down, I call R1 out on the tag.
3B coach (adult asst.) jumps up and down screaming "What the f**k was that?" and "You're f**king horrible!". I eject him.
On-deck batter and the manager come up to me. Manager wants to know why I ejected the coach. Asks if the coach's First Amendment rights were suspended when he walked on the field. I tell him that this conversation is done. On-deck batter says "So if I tell you that you suck, you'll throw me out?" I eject him. Manager comes back yelling that the kid was only asking me a question, I'm power mad, I'm awful, etc. I eject the manager.
Batter-runner walking by me on my way to right field says,"You f**king suck". I eject him. First base coach (a player) calls me a cheating sonofa***** in Spanish on his way to the dugout. I eject him.
As I am making notes of the uniform numbers of the last two players I've dumped, The pitcher coming out to warm up says, "Must think you're a big shot now, huh". I instruct him to warm up and mind his own business. He says, "What you gonna do, Hoss, toss me?" Which I did.
After the game, three parents apologized to me, including the parent of the first base coach and the young man himself.
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1. If you do not get paid through an assignor, hopefully you got your FEE up front at the plate conference. Your thread is precisely why umpires (who do not get paid through an assignor) should get their FEES before the game even begins.
2. How many coaches were on this team? Both the manager and assistant were dumped. if there were no coaches left, then the game should have been declared a forfeit at that point.
3. A written report of this game should have been filed with your assignor and the President of this league.
4. Good job. Hopefully, the next crew will not have as bad a game as you did.
You had the guts to do what was right and not simply turn a "blind eye" and let the next crew of umpires deal with the mess. You'd be surprised how many umpires allow these types of shenanigans to go on unpunished.
Pete Booth