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Originally Posted by kylejt
I hope I never allow a game to get so out of hand that I'd even consider it. If a game DID so badly out of control that I'd consider it, I'd hope I have the common sense to never actually do it.
And if I actually carried out a F$#@ Y#$ Call to a player, coach, manager, bench or bleacher section, I'd hope I'd have the decency to end my career as an umpire, for I have surely failed at any sort of game management or honor to the game.
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Hop off your high horse. It has nothing to do with game management. If coaches or managers are giving you a hard time you dump them. Ignore fans as much as possible. If they're truly obnoxious and disrupting have game management eject them.
It has everything to do with players knowing there "place" and how they deal with you. That being said it should only be used rarely and the circumstances have to be perfect. It should, in my opinion, never be used in LL or High School. The players have to "get it" for it to be effective. If you don't know what "it" is don't use it.
I've used this perhaps twice in the last 10 years and yes it was effective and while working with a partner he used it and yes it worked.
This is another arrow in your quiver. Think of it as being in a glass case that has to be broken before it can be used.