If a coach said....

[Justme]

Originally posted by phillips.alex
there is no reason to eject a coach for this. I would not respond, but i have heard others simply say something to the effect of "no, your batter just missed two great pitches." It is the coaches job to keep me on my toes. If he really thinks my zone is a bit off, i would appreciate some constructive criticism. It is when the coach says "get some glasses, you blind piece of crap" that i give him the warning. Two strikes and you are out law is easily applied to verbal dissent.

Wow!!!!!

You new umpires out there read and re-read Phillips.Alex post because it's an example of what "not" to do.

1. It's not the coaches job to keep the umpire of their toes. You keep youself on your toes or you'll have a bad game.
2. Don't let the coach give you 'constructive' criticism regarding your strike zone. You do that then you might have two different strike zones for each game.
3. When the coach say's anything to you that begins with "You..." toss him at once, unless he says "You are the best umpire I have ever seen, it is an honor to have you work this game". Come to think of it I might toss him for saying that too, depending on his attitude.

Back to the original subject. I had a coach one game that said "Allan, that's the second bad call you've made this game", I said "Coach, let me know when the bad call count gets to 5" He never mentioned it again. Wait, maybe I didn't make any more mistakes :-)

[Edited by Justme on Jan 24th, 2006 at 10:03 AM]