Okay, your original topic, the umpires were wrong, unless there is some crazy local rule that your league plays by. How are we to know that?
But in every league that I've called in you always let the home team bat no matter if 25 runs are scored in the top of the inning (unless there is a local rule)
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Originally posted by BadAxe
Suggesting pitches to other catchers makes a bad ump. Letting a coach change your call on the field represents a bad ump. Yet you guys are blindly defending these guys just because they are umpires.
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Your other topic:
It depends on the league. Often in games where I have known the kids I'll talk with F2 about the pitches being thrown and etc., That's umpire and catcher talk that a coach never hears and never knows about unless his catcher F2 would tell him which they don't.
Usually we also talk about how bad the coach is, about why he called a pitch that just got hit 350 feet with a 1-2 count, and often times about how the coach always gets onto this kid more than others, and often times how many times the coach should have been thrown out of games this year.
I could go on and on, it gets quite humorous at times.
As far as changing calls, if the umpire made an incorrect call, and the coach points out the correct rule interpretation, then the umpire might change a call.
Now that usually only happens with umpires without much experience, but it sounds like you have such umpires in your league.
As far as shaking hands, you would have to shake mine at the car, I'm gone as soon as out 3 is recorded.
Thanks
David