[PeteBooth]

Originally posted by ump12

I worked tonight an outside game 13-14 year old game.
On the field next to me was another outside game that my organization also does.

The game on the other field ended before mine and the umpire doin the plate came by and said goodbye but the umpire doin the bases stayed.

Im not gonna mention the teams that I did tonight but lets say they were Team BLUE and Team GOLD. The umpire from the other field who was doin the bases son plays for team GOLD just with the older division.


He was hanging around waiting for my game to end outside the fence towards the 3rd base side with one of the coaches from team GOLD. Its starting to get late and a little dark but not dark enough to call the game. The umpire who is part of my organization who is standing outside the fence says to me "hey blue isnt it dark, u can see the ball?" now the coach is standing right next to him talking to him and the coach says "hey u have better eyes than me". This guy from my organization made me look like a total fool. Maybe he was trying to score points with the coaches from that organization his son plays for im not sure but he made me look like a total fool and this is his first year ever umpiring and my 3rd.

After the game, IMO the first thing to do is confront this other umpire and under no uncertain terms tell him to keep his mouth shut when it's YOUR Game. It's called professional courtesy. Ever try and get one Doctor to go against another?

It's enough to deal with Coaches / Fans when it's bordering on the line of darkness you don't need a fellow blue to stir up the pot

Also, as we all do, check around and see if this umpire has a habit of brown nosing and if it continues, report him to the association.

In my association if an umpire did what you described, He would start traveling for his next game assignment.

Pete Booth