Situation

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by kylejt

yelling "You missed that call, you know it, and everyone else here knows it."

Gone.

Don't let anyone yell the "y" word at you from across the diamond. If you ignore that you've lost control of the game, it's fair game on YOU for the rest of the game. Hike up them Fechheimers, and git 'er done.

That being said, how do basketball refs put up with the nonsense that they do?

Wow - that seems a bit much. Put away the rabbit ears, hoss.

I would not have heard the comments - chatter coming from someone venting in the dugout has to be EXTREMELY long, or EXTREMELY offensive to even get my attention. (Now have this same coach run out on to the field yelling that, and I agree ... buh bye coach).

[LLPA13UmpDan]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

Wow - that seems a bit much. Put away the rabbit ears, hoss.

I would not have heard the comments - chatter coming from someone venting in the dugout has to be EXTREMELY long, or EXTREMELY offensive to even get my attention. (Now have this same coach run out on to the field yelling that, and I agree ... buh bye coach).

Well, coming from the third base dugout, and I'm U3, D position.

[mrm21711]

Originally Posted by LLPA13UmpDan

Well, coming from the third base dugout, and I'm U3, D position.

Once again, you are missing the point.

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by LLPA13UmpDan

Well, coming from the third base dugout, and I'm U3, D position.

Are you misunderstanding on purpose?

What I'm saying is --- IGNORE it. I'm not saying that my ears are physically incapable of interpreting sound from that distance... I'm saying I don't HEAR it, unless it's 20x more out of hand than what you described. The advice you got above to eject for this will lead to a short career with little advancement.

So ... what did you do when actually faced with this? Did you learn from what you've been reading here over the past 3 months, and leave the rabbit ears in the trunk? Or did you make the situation worse and follow Kyle's advice?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

Wow - that seems a bit much. Put away the rabbit ears, hoss.

I would not have heard the comments - chatter coming from someone venting in the dugout has to be EXTREMELY long, or EXTREMELY offensive to even get my attention. (Now have this same coach run out on to the field yelling that, and I agree ... buh bye coach).

That sentence, screamed as it was in the video, is an ejection. Not because of the word "you" but because of the obnoxious nature of the rest of it.

SP softball umpires only survive in these leagues one way. Have a hair trigger and eject anyone that even looks at you funny. Otherwise, you get what we have on the video.

I tried doing this back when I was a younger umpire and I just realized I'd rather stay home than do this crap. Of course I feel the same way about ALL softball now.

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

That sentence, screamed as it was in the video, is an ejection. Not because of the word "you" but because of the obnoxious nature of the rest of it.

Uh, Rich ... what are you referring to? I see no video in this thread, and was answering LLDan's OP. You referring to something else?

[canadaump6]

Originally Posted by mcrowder

Uh, Rich ... what are you referring to? I see no video in this thread, and was answering LLDan's OP. You referring to something else?

I think he was talking about the three videos posted under the thread "Absolutely Disgusting".

I once had a coach tell me that I was "ruining this game for the kids", when I was simply enforcing a rule that was necessary to call (automatic end of continuous play at a young level so that the kids don't overthrow to the point that every batter gets a homerun). I didn't toss him, but should have as that's a personal comment and I take it as an insult that he would say that.

[TussAgee11]

I'd probably just continue to stare at him until PU signaled "play".

Then on with the game. Normally a glare will either a) get him to shut up because he feels a threat to his existence in the park or b) get him to be 1) personal 2) profane 3) prolonged

Either way we get a solution to the problem

Edited a couple minutes after my post (after thinking about it some more):

I would look away at first and not have rabbit ears. If I felt he was getting more than just an initial reaction or opinion in there, and really yelling at ME, then I'd probably start my glare.

Edited a couple minutes after as well because I spelled "Edited" "Editted"

[GarthB]

"You missed that call, you know it, and everyone else here knows it."


If this yahoo is yelling this, as indicated in the OP, and this yelling can be clearly heard by the fans, he's trying to show me up and he is gone.

This goes beyond a "you missed that one" or "are you sure about that last call" or "that was bad call."

The combination of the yelling and the accusation equal an early exit.

[BBUMP99]

I think that if the "y word" was and had been repeatedly used throughout the game, that would warrant an ejection. But not the first or second time. If it is something like "you #$%& suck" or something to that effect, then it is different, and probably doesnt call for an ejection.