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Originally Posted by batboy22
Coach Dad flips, not arguing catchers interference but that I looked in his dugout. He Starts ranting and raving as he's headed towards me. I say "We aren't doing this." He continues to the plate yelling. I tell him two more times while giving him the stop sign not to come down here. Because all he wants to do is yell and scream at me about nothing. He says something inappropriate and gets run.
He pulls his hitter and runner into the hole and says, "We're through, we aren't playing with you out here." Game over.
While I know this is high school stuff. For you NCAA guys any advise on how this should be handled? If anything different. As I find there to be a huge difference between the pro game and the college game as far as how situations are supposed to be handled. And I'm really trying to learn anything I can about umpiring in general to keep improving.
Thanks guys
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Other than field management duties, I don't know what else I could do to buy time during a long game such as this. I would have lots of reasons for looking into the dugout, looking into the bleachers after each foul ball, dusting off the plate, checking baseballs for soft spots, allowing teams full team warm-up/conference times, calling out the ground crew to fix a spot on the field or to turn on the lights.
Or else, try to appease the coach by telling him you won't look into his dugout anymore after he warns his players to behave. I know the coach may well ignore the advice, but perhaps it will take his mind away from yelling and screaming. Hey coach, getting on that bus is probably the best advice I can give you right now. Perhaps he'll find a clue about coaching on his way to the bus.