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Originally posted by CoachJM
jumpmaster,

I would agree with your assessment that the drummer is a newbie (at least I hope so).

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Originally posted by drumbum565

As far as takeing crap, you dont need to worry. I lead my association in ejections

Personally, I find his above statement somewhat disturbing. I would guess that the vast majority of his ejections are a direct result of his own improper rulings on plays resulting from his woefully inadequate understanding of the proper application of the rules of baseball.

I find that the combination of arrogance (hair trigger on ejections) and ignorance (inadequate knowledge of the rules to properly officiate) makes for a very poor umpire.

What do you think?

JM

Agreed, but ejections are sometimes warranted and must be done. They dont reflect good or bad on an umpire, I think.

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Originally posted by CoachJM
I find that the combination of arrogance (hair trigger on ejections) and ignorance (inadequate knowledge of the rules to properly officiate) makes for a very poor umpire.

That is why there are protests. If some rat goes crazy over a bad ruling, he is an idiot. Hold on, all rats are idiots.

Hair trigger? You have no idea how much stuff he puts up with before any of those people were ejected.

Isn't if funny that arrogance and ignorance are atributes of every coach?