Game Management??

[Justme]

Originally Posted by 3appleshigh

The leading team is still Running on passed balls and stealing on regular pitches.

It's not "classy" baseball but it isn't illegal.

Originally Posted by 3appleshigh

As Ump's we are now looking for Strikes and out simply to help everyone end this game.

What? Maybe you and your partner need to find another hobby.

Originally Posted by 3appleshigh

Coaches do nothing to curb the base path manipulation even when reminded by me. (I simply got coaches attention and said, Hey, Remember the score here")

Why would you, the umpire, say anything? It's not your place to do so.

Originally Posted by 3appleshigh

On a subsequent play, I have R1 steal on the pitch, F2 throws the ball, Slightly off target, as the SS trys to get to the ball on the 1st base side of 2nd, he collides with the sliding runner. I choose to Call the runner out for Interference (even though it was simply a train wreck) and lecture him about running up the score.

So you cheated the runner because you wanted to go home? Why would you lecture the runner about running up the score? You'd have a short umpiring career doing that kind of crap around here.

Originally Posted by 3appleshigh

I talk to the coach as he leaves the field, he agrees with me, says he was embarrassed and Didn't send the runner, he was sorry.

Umpires talking to the coaches telling them how to run their team? You should be telling the coach that you're sorry...but he has probably realized that by now.

Originally Posted by 3appleshigh

So Critiques, and Ideas of what to do differently should this arise again. I hate to "enforce" rules somewhat incorrectly, but felt that in this situation things could have gotten out of hand were they not dealt with.

Yea, one suggestion....umpire the game by the rules, you can't make up rules as you go along.