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Originally Posted by Rufus
Baseball coach/basketball ref here again with a game management question. During all pre-game meetings the umpires discuss not disputing judgment calls. My question is how you would handle coaches who don't openly question ball/strikes, but instead nibble on the edges with loud (i.e., easy to hear across the field) comments like:
- Supposedly yelled to catcher "Timmy, where was that?"
- Said to no one in particular "Oooh, that looked really good!"
You get the idea. I know how I would handle as a basketball official but was wondering how you would typically address those kinds of comments (if at all). |
Ignore both, and expect to hear these in every single game of your life. If you have a good catcher, Timmy will tell coach where it was and not say something stupid. On the 2nd, let them encourage their pitchers all they want. Why would it bother you that a pitch 3 inches outside looked "really good" from the crappiest place to call strikes in the whole park (i.e. near the dugouts). Of course it looks good from there.