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Old Sun Jul 08, 2012, 12:03pm
LIUmp LIUmp is offline
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Originally Posted by justcallmeblue View Post
Bulls**t the EN-VOUGE expression.

I had called a lookback rule in a 10U travel game (ASA) and the coach went ballistic on me. . .came running down the 3rd base line using the words BS about a dozen times. It was so obvious a call, my dead, blind dog could have made the call. Anyway, after letting him vent, he walks back to 3rd and I hear "I am going to call your assignor and tell him you have no damn clue. . .that was BS." To which I promptly warned him. . .he says "Great, I have somewhere else I have to be." Now, seeing it was a 90 degree plus day with high humidity and his bald head was beading with sweat, I didnt throw him out - your kids are suffering in this heat - well, so are you.

BUT THEN

After the inning, the opposing bench coach pulled me aside and told me that he wasnt going to take that coaches BS anymore. I asked him what happend and the opposing coach said that as the BS-yelling coach walked back to third base, he told the opposing coach to "Sit his fat *** back on the f*&^ing bench" (I wish I would have heard that).

Anyway, I called my assignor 20 minutes after the game, but the coach already beat me to it. . .that coach conveniently left out the BULL**** statements, the real scenario of the play and his comments to the other coach.

Well, after the game was over, the coach at 1B at the time of the LBRule play pulled me over and told me "That was 100% the right call blue, we teach this day in and day out. . . " not that I needed it, but i was VINDICATED



Sorry, but I'm going to come down hard on you here...

[RANT]
I don't care how hot it was. You allowed him to get away with questioning your integrity, cursing (in a 10U game, mind you - what a great sportsmanlike example in front of 4th and 5th graders and yes I consider screaming the initials BS as crossing the line with this age group), threatening you (call your assignor!?!) and the opposing coach.....and you feel vindicated? You should have ejected him as soon as he ran at you screaming. ESPECIALLY if he wasn't the head coach. And ESPECIALLY when he cursed.

If the coach doesn't want to follow sportsmanship rules, someone has to enforce it and set a standard. On behalf of the other umpires who will have this guy after you, I'd like to thank you for creating a beast that we will now have to handle and for allowing this guy to think he can treat all umpires this way.

I have a pet peeve when someone says they won't toss a coach because it's hot. I hear it from guys in my association. Temperature should have nothing to do with how we officiate, and when someone needs to leave, then you tell them to do so. He ejected himself and you practically begged him to stay.

We don't make calls to feel vindicated. We make calls to uphold the rules. The argument had broken another rule. So you got one call right, but you blew another. Sorry bud, but that's how I see it.[/RANT]

We now return you to your regularly scheduled reading....
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