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Originally Posted by umpire99
R3 advancing home. I did tell B1 to move and in the process he got into the way of F2's throw attempting to get R3. The throw was off line and probably would not have retired the runner. I called the runner out and sent R1 & R2 back to their TOP bases. The coach wanted to know what his player was supposed to do. He said that he moved out of the way and I was rewarding the defense by making a bad throw. I told him that I didn't know if it was a bad throw or not and that he needed to drop it because it was just a JV game and his team was up 5-0. The very next pitch was in the dirt and got by the pitcher. The batter turned and sprinted to the side away from the ball. I almost tossed the little smart alec for that act.
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Holy crap, and they let you work? Good grief. Usually the stuff you post here is helpful and makes you look like a good umpire...
But in what universe is telling the coach that this particular game is not important a good idea? "He needed to drop it because it was just a JV game "????? I'm pretty damn sure I'd suspend any of my guys saying what you said if it got back to me from a reliable source. Dang.
And I'll ask you what the coach asked you... not only did you TELL the kid to move (NEVER!!!!), but you called out an out based on action that you told him to do? Awful. I have to ask - how did you not know whether it was a bad throw? Batter went where YOU told him to go, and was hit by the throw. Either you gave the batter VERY poor instructions, ot the throw WAS bad.
PS - would have been quite interesting to be your supervisor if you'd tossed "the little smart aleck" for making sure he got the heck out of the way this time. YOU made this mess - tossing people because of a mess YOU made is bad umpiring.