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Thanks for starting this thread. I was thinking maybe I was missing college baseball, but I know now I'm not.
I decided to pack in D3 baseball 2 seasons ago after I ejected a Wisconsin head coach for grandstanding in front of his bleachers after a fair/foul call he had absolutely no angle on (from the coaches box). In the second game, I almost ejected the other coach for arguing an obstruction call I made during a rundown when F3 decided to stand in the way without the ball. My only regret was *not* running him, but I really didn't want to get both of them the same day, so I took a bit more than usual. My bad.
What convinced me I was done with it was when the assigner asked me if I had a good look at the fair/foul call and then asked me if anyone would have argued if I hadn't called the obstruction between first and second. When I asked him why it sounded like he was taking the coaches' side without even asking me what I had seen (or even really reading the report) he told me that he just isn't going to take our word for it.
I knew then it was time to walk away. I quit all three conferences I worked and I went back to being a HS umpire only. In 8 games thus far, I've had one comment from a dugout on a single pitch that wasn't even close to the strike zone. That's it. It's been blissful.
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