[PeteBooth]

Originally posted by CDcoach

After thinking I think I probably should have thrown him for being intoxicated...I wasn't sure but he acted like he was pretty gone. Just needed your opinion on how you handle it when you think there might of been a blown call....how far do you let the coaches go?

Garth et al have given you some good pointers but I would like to concentrate on your statement concerning the coach being intoxicated.

This is not a thinking matter. Either he was or wasn't intoxicated. If he was intoxicated he has no business being on the field. Heck even when I'm not umpiring and simply go to my son's / daughter's LL game (just to be a Dad) I wait until I get home if I want a cold one or glass of wine with dinner. NEVER on the field.

Did you have a coaches conference at the plate at the beginning of the game? If the coach was intoxicated you should have noticed it right then and there and not even waited until the end of the game.

As Garth mentioned we do not hand out punishments but we CAN write a letter to the League President etc. expressing our concerns. I'm certain that the parents of this team would want to know if someone coaching their child is intoxicated or not.

Only bad things can happen when someone is allowed to particpate while being intoxicated.

Pete Booth