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Originally Posted by RKBUmp

I really do not know how anyone who has umpired can coach a team when you are dealing with umpires that do not know rules. My daughter asked me to help her coach her junior high team and today was their first game. Here is a short list of what we dealt with.

Umpire showed up 15 minutes late. Checks equipment and pulls 2 of our bats, a Stealth that was my daughters college bat and one of the kids personal bats that is brand new. I ask what is wrong with the bats, he tells me the Stealth has some chips in the paint and the other bat has a dent. I ask why he is tossing the Stealth because of the paint chips and he told me the rules specifically state the bat can have no chips. OK, guess I missed that part of the rule book. The other bat he must have the most calibrated hands on earth because I sure as heck couldnt feel any dents in the brand new bat.

Pregame meeting, I walk out with my daughter and captains to the pregame. Umpire looks at me and says who are you? I tell him I am one of the coaches. He asks if I am the head coach. I tell him no, my daughter is the head coach. He then tells me the pregame is restricted to head coaches and captains only and I have to leave the pregame.

One of our players was literally turning the corner into the dugout and pulled off her helmet as she turned the corner. 1 foot was in dugout the other on the field. He restricted the player to the dugout.

One of the players headband fell out of her back pocket while she was at bat. She picked it up and wrapped it around her wrist. Instead of telling her no she couldnt do that, he issues her and my daughter warnings for jewelry.

In the 3rd inning I was trying to keep score and coach 1st base. Apparently my daughter had put a wrong number on one of the players and we had already gone through the lineup twice and neither I or the other team had caught it. I noticed the number and asked my daughter if she had put in a sub. She said no, the girl bats and walks and 2 more batters come up after her and she has at this point advanced to 3rd. Suddenly the umpire calls time, calls the runner on 3rd out and restricts both the player and my daughter to the dugout. Im just keeping my mouth shut because I couldnt hear what was being said on other side of the field. Umpire goes back behind plate and then tells me I have to move to the 3rd base coaches box. I ask why, he tells me the head coach must be in the 3rd base box. So, I head over to the 3rd base box, my daughter is right there and I ask what happened. She tells me he called the runner out for being out of order and restricted them both to the dugout. I call time and approach the umpire. I told him I never saw or heard the other team make any appeals. He tells me they didnt, he discovered the incorrect number himself. I explain that is an appeal that must be made by the defense. He tells me it is discoverable by the umpire at any time and I dont want to get in a rules discussion with him because he knows every rule. I just walked back to the coaches box.

Pitchers on both teams were illegal all day and no IP calls which I am fine with. Its junior high ball and most of the kids have never played before. Other team brings in a new pitcher. She starts her warmup pitches and puts her left foot on the plate with her right foot back like a lefty would pitch except she is right handed. She then starts her windup and steps forward with her left foot. As I said, pitchers for both teams had been doing things illegal all day, double touching, stepping on with hands together, one was literally skipping out off the plate and pitching. So this new pitcher throws her first pitch and suddenly he calls an IP. I figure he must have gotten her for the way she had her feet. Nope, double touch. He hit her probably 3 more times after that and yet he hadnt called it on the other 2 pitchers.


Those are just the highlites.

Please tell me this was on the West side of town.... you know how those west side umpires are......