[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by tibear

Thought the US guys would find this amusing.

Was talking with a coach of a Canadian Midget team (16-18 year old) that went down to the US for a tournament and I asked how it went. He said that they learned real quick about some of the differences between Canadian and US rules.

After a controversial call, the third base coach(not the manager) walked over to the base umpire and was about say something when he was ejected from the game. The coach asked why he was ejected and the base umpire ignored him, the manager then when out to find out what the problem was and was told that only the manager could speak to the umpires.

At that point they knew they weren't in Canada any more and he said the coaches (and the manager) were too afraid to speak to the umpires again!

I have umpired Summer baseball tournaments in Florida that included teams from Canada and USSSA Girls' Fastpitch Softball tournaments here in NW Ohio and the only teams that can be depended upon to have classy players and coaches are the Canadian teams.

MTD, Sr.