Fall Ball Sportsmanship

[LMan]

I have gone to both coaches in a blowout or two and suggested opening up the zone, for BOTH teams. No coach has disagreed yet, as long as the zone was the same for both.

[ozzy6900]

I can't believe what I am reading here! You all talk about never "injecting yourselves into the game" but that is just what you are doing here! If you people were in my charge, I would never give you another assignment! You should be ashamed of yourselves!

[ctblu40]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

I can't believe what I am reading here! You all talk about never "injecting yourselves into the game" but that is just what you are doing here! If you people were in my charge, I would never give you another assignment! You should be ashamed of yourselves!

I've never suggested that an umpire should never interject himself in the game. How can an umpire work effectively without interjecting themselves in the game? Even if you've got the stick in a game between 1st and 2nd place teams, you're interjecting yourself in the game.

[LMan]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

I can't believe what I am reading here! You all talk about never "injecting yourselves into the game" but that is just what you are doing here! If you people were in my charge, I would never give you another assignment! You should be ashamed of yourselves!

In double-digit blowout fallball games? Really? The same kind of games where coaches pitch the kid 'whose always wanted to try it', which kinda got us to the double-digit blowout in the first place?


*shrug* oh well. Part of the perils of being me.

[Carbide Keyman]

Originally Posted by LMan

I have gone to both coaches in a blowout or two and suggested opening up the zone, for BOTH teams. No coach has disagreed yet, as long as the zone was the same for both.

I did an invitational tourney game in which both teams would be described, kindly, as weak.

Both coaches indicated to me that they would not be unhappy if the strike zone were expanded so that thye would get finished and on their way more quickly.

I said yes. Big mistake.

Fourth pitch of game, off.coach starts b!tch!ing about my zone.

Next half-inning, other coach b!tches about zone.

Long story short, ended up dumping both managers and one assistant.

Never, ever again.