Between Innings The Rat Said...

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by CraigD

"You guys don't know the rules! You missed that one....the batter's out!" After being encouraged to go home and spend some time reading the rules, he said, "I don't need to read the rules...I have coached for 10 years in New York."

At that point, I smiled and said, "there's your problem."

Situation:
OBR, R1, 2 outs, dropped third strike.

In the previous inning he had complained about an infield fly not being called with R1 only.

Now tell me guys, is that really how it works it New York?

I can't say for sure how it works in New York, but here in the armpit of the Midwest he would have been on his way to the Lazy Boy and Budweiser for the rest of the game. He certainly isn't going to stay after making those comments!


Tim.

[tmp44]

Originally Posted by CraigD

"You guys don't know the rules! You missed that one....the batter's out!" After being encouraged to go home and spend some time reading the rules, he said, "I don't need to read the rules...I have coached for 10 years in New York."

At that point, I smiled and said, "there's your problem."

Situation:
OBR, R1, 2 outs, dropped third strike.

In the previous inning he had complained about an infield fly not being called with R1 only.

Now tell me guys, is that really how it works it New York?

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

I can't say for sure how it works in New York, but here in the armpit of the Midwest he would have been on his way to the Lazy Boy and Budweiser for the rest of the game. He certainly isn't going to stay after making those comments!


Tim.

You would have dumped him for that? Wow.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by tmp44

You would have dumped him for that? Wow.

"You guys don't know the rules! You missed that one....the batter's out!"

I believe this is the part that Tim was referring to. The word YOU makes it personal, and he got personal exactly twice. Buh-bye!

[LilLeaguer]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

"You guys don't know the rules! You missed that one....the batter's out!"

I believe this is the part that Tim was referring to. The word YOU makes it personal, and he got personal exactly twice. Buh-bye!

"You guys don't know the rules!" is the implicit meaning of pulling out a rulebook; we would all eject for that. If we would eject for the symbol, we should eject when the statement is explicit.

If a player yelled out, "That pitch was 4 inches outside!" rather than drawing a line in the dirt, wouldn't we dump him?

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by tmp44

You would have dumped him for that? Wow.

Don't worry. You're sarcasm wasn't lost on me.



Tim.