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[I][QUOTE=NCASAUmp;763152]I agree with everything you said, but I do disagree with you on this one point. I'm not going to let a player or coach disrupt my routine just because we had a disagreement over a call. It can be seen as either me avoiding the player because I may have kicked the call, or I'm not brushing off the plate because I have a grudge. In a way, you're showing him up. By going ahead and brushing off the plate, you're telling the team that you're not going to let one call change how you do things, as well as that despite the disagreement, you're still going to treat him the same as any other pitcher. If the pitcher wants to discuss the play at this time, sorry, but it's too late, we're moving forward now.
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We're looking at this from different perspectives. And as with so many other things that happen on the field, we all have our own ways of dealing with issues that we've found work for us and based on our experience and how we view the umpire player/coach relationship and that's fine...whatever works, whatever gets the job done.
Keeping in mind that we're talking men's leagues here....
The point that I was trying to make was the pitcher being involved or not involved in a hotly contested call on the bases end an inning had nothing to do with my choosing not to sweep the pitcher's plate. It's just to avoid any more discussion on a play that has already been argued seconds earlier.
Now, someone wants to make it a point on their way out to their defensive position to swing by my between innings spot in short RF and continue chirping, well now we've got a problem that's going dealt with very quickly.
And I never show a player or coach up....which is why I'll run one in a heartbeat if they do it to me. We can argue...lets just do it the right way.
Getting right back on the horse and proceeding with the game as normal is, in my opinion, the best thing you can do as the umpire.
Never a problem.
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