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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
And half the time you do not get the entire scenario from a fan about a play and all of a sudden this friendly fan is in the stands proudly announcing, "The blue over there said this umpire was completely wrong" yada, yada, yada.
Fans and a fair amount of coaches are not familiar with the rule book which is why I am a proponent of keeping the rule book off the field. Too often a coach will try to show you a rule that plays to his belief only to have never turned the page and see the "exception" to that rule. Or they read a rule that pertains to certain situations and they want to read it as a general rule.
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I’m with Irish. Most of the time it’s a set up and they really just want to argue a call with you. We have a Varsity coach who is famous for asking new umpires to “explain a rule to his player…” when he’s really testing you.
Even on the sidelines at a tourney it’s a bad idea. I ruled a BR out for unreported sub in an ASA tourney. An assistant coach came onto the field to tell me I was wrong. He asked the “head umpire” (who turned out to be our assignor, not our UIC) while he was standing watching another game a hypothetical.
I say, be polite but walk away.