Little League umpire in the regionals

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

Besides, the umpires should be calling for a groundskeeper when the bases come out.

Oh waiter....could you bring me a Perrier while the grounds crew is cleaning the base?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Oh waiter....could you bring me a Perrier while the grounds crew is cleaning the base?

I walk away from it....I'm serious. Let a coach or player fix it if there's no grounds crew.

[NFump]

Why? Fix it and get the game moving again.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by NFump

Why? Fix it and get the game moving again.

Because I'm an umpire, not a groundskeeper. I thought I had already covered this.

[AlabamaBlue]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

Because I'm an umpire, not a groundskeeper. I thought I had already covered this.

Are you serious?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by AlabamaBlue

Are you serious?

I agree with Rich. It might depend on the age of tha participants or the local custom, though.

[ctblu40]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

Because I'm an umpire, not a groundskeeper. I thought I had already covered this.

I've never really thought of this before, that being said, I kinda like Rich's style on this one. But I do have a question for you Rich:

Suppose the base breaks away, and the coach is yelling from the dugout, "Hey blue, the base is off."
Do you ignore him?
Do you tell him to fix it?
Do you tell a player to take care of it?

Aren't you running the risk of being perceived as a red a$$?

[AlabamaBlue]

It just seems lazy as hell to me. If I can get the base back on and the game going in 30 seconds, why would I wait 5 minutes for somebody to go get a groundskeeper to fix it? I'm not too good to help out.

[LMan]

Originally Posted by AlabamaBlue

It just seems lazy as hell to me. If I can get the base back on and the game going in 30 seconds, why would I wait 5 minutes for somebody to go get a groundskeeper to fix it? I'm not too good to help out.

Whenever this happens to me, the coach (es) always run out and reattach the bag. I don't plan to get on my hands and knees and fiddle with bases when there are coaches to do it.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by AlabamaBlue

It just seems lazy as hell to me. If I can get the base back on and the game going in 30 seconds, why would I wait 5 minutes for somebody to go get a groundskeeper to fix it? I'm not too good to help out.

There are 3 "groundkeepers" right by the base (the runner, F4 and F6 -- it usually happens at second), and a dozen more sitting in the home team dugout.