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Old Wed Jul 11, 2007, 12:32pm
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Originally Posted by JFlores
I had an adult baseball game (I was playing) and I also umpire as well. The gist of the problem is that the plate umpire was horrible (strike zone inconsistent) and I had a few choice words, I stop myself from saying anything crazy to him due to the fact his assignor has asked me to work games for his association (this particular umpire works for that association)....what should I say if I ever work games with him, especially if he remmeber the choice words i had for him.
You are an umpire. You should avoid having "choice words" regardless of your umpire's abilities. You lost that right when you put on the blue. Show some respect.

If you work games with him in the future, you should apologize.
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