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Originally Posted by RadioBlue
I've done (Alleged) Adult SP for 28 years. Sure, it's had its moments. But by-and-large, I have enjoyed it ... until this year.
I have worked 7 nights for a total of 28 games and I've had 4 ejections. I haven't had 4 ejections in SP for the previous 10 years combined!! 
I had one player spit in my direction, one player tell me to read the rule book, one player tell me to go back to my position and do my job, and another player question my integrity.
I work 4 more SP games next week. I'm pretty sure those will be the last four slow pitch games of my career. |
Or maybe you should have been ejecting them the previous 10 years, but weren't.
I have no problem with them, though they may have a problem with me because I umpire as an umpire, not the GAGA they want out there.
Last night, had a guy point to the ground where the ball hit and demanded I explain how I called that a strike. Told him I didn't care. He says, "Obviously not". I just smiled and said "play".
You just cannot take them seriously and when they cross the line, no matter how important the game or subs they have (or don't have) in the dugout, you dump them.
I'm not there to make friends and if they don't like me, I don't care.