HS Coach Strikes Umpire

[umpduck11]

Originally Posted by Durham

L,


He only got slapped as a reaction to being hit in the face.

Well.....that certainly makes it OK.

[Durham]

Originally Posted by umpduck11

Well.....that certainly makes it OK.

Not my point! My point was the umpire ****ed up, and I hope we all learn from it. He is luck he got off and should consider himself so.

[etn_ump]

I find it absolutely amazing that some of you think that after you dump a coach, it is okay for the coach to grab you by the shoulders, spin you around so that he may start his verbal tirade.

This is High School baseball, not college or the Major Leagues. Sportsmanship is always supposed to be a major point of emphasis as well as coaches setting the example for their players.

I don't condone the umpire's apparent head-butt, intentional or not. But ask yourselves this, would the head-butt, however slight, have occured had the coach not laid his hands on the umpire and physically spun him around?

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by etn_ump

I find it absolutely amazing that some of you think that after you dump a coach, it is okay for the coach to grab you by the shoulders, spin you around so that he may start his verbal tirade.

Where did you read that? Of course the coach was wrong for going after the ump. And the ump's actions were wrong too. He should have backed away and kept walking. After I eject a coach I'm done with him and I'm getting out of the area as quickly as I can. If the coach insists on following me it's my partner's job to head him off. But the coach's actions in no way justify what the ump did.

Like my dad used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right.