"I'm an umpire too!"

[SanDiegoSteve]

I have been known to say, "and. . .?" or "so. . .?" when told by a coach that he umpires too. That doesn't impress me very much. Unless it is Doug Harvey or someone like that. I'd still run them too, though.

[RPatrino]

I was an umpire who coached my son's teams during the last two years he played. To make matters worse, I was also the UIC/President of our umpire association. I could not hide who I was, so I hid on the bench. I attended the plate meeting, but during the game I sat on the bench keeping the score book and supervising substitutions. Any discussions with the umpires was done by my assistant coach, who had clear instructions to be respectful and non-confrontational. I would have gladly not been a coach, but there were no candidates to coach this team and that would have left 15 or so young men with no team to play on.

I only had one problem umpire and that was dealt with off the field.