Catcher Bailing Out

[Jim Porter]

Originally Posted by Tim C

In our area ejection reports are limited to 25 words or less.

This report would have been returned un-read.

Regards,

We were lucky to get ANY ejection reports from our umpires, even though we required them.

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by Jim Porter

We were lucky to get ANY ejection reports from our umpires, even though we required them.

Not uncommon. You call ball, many times late into the night, you get home later, get up and go to work. An ejection report takes time.

[Shmuelg]

Personally, I do *not* like requiring the coach to change catchers.

Nor the threat to use the catcher's strap as a handle.

But I *do* like bailing with each passed ball, and calling it a ball. Appropriate "penalty".

And umping from behind F1 is a good idea as well.

Shmuel

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by Shmuelg

Personally, I do *not* like requiring the coach to change catchers.

Nor the threat to use the catcher's strap as a handle.

But I *do* like bailing with each passed ball, and calling it a ball. Appropriate "penalty".

And umping from behind F1 is a good idea as well.

Shmuel

Had a partner who called one team's pitches from the backstop, the other from the plate after a "plunk the ump" attempt. He threw no one out but it was fun watching him say "Looks like a ball" after every pitch not swung at.

[umpduck11]

Originally Posted by fitump56

Not uncommon. You call ball, many times late into the night, you get home later, get up and go to work. An ejection report takes time.

If it's required, you make the time, not excuses.

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by umpduck11

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Originally Posted by fitump56
Not uncommon. You call ball, many times late into the night, you get home later, get up and go to work. An ejection report takes time.
If it's required, you make the time, not excuses.

It's an acceptable excuse for the ump orgs I run since the reason almost all of our umps can umpire is because they get to keep their primary jobs first. I'm not asking asking an umpire who gets home at 2300 or later, to fill out our ejection report when he has to get up in less than six hours to see his family in the morning and get off to work. I'm certainly not going to have him fill out that report on work time either. What is required is that he call in to the hotline and leave a verbal message on it with some detail. This will suffice until he can make a formal, online report.

YMMV, this may be the primary job for many, especially on this forum. I see a huge amount of the posts coming during the day.

[BigUmp56]

Even the most thorough ejection report shouldn't take more than five minutes to write up. We don't need to write a four page dissertation.


Tim.

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

Even the most thorough ejection report shouldn't take more than five minutes to write up. We don't need to write a four page dissertation.


Tim.

Our ejection reports rquire not only a factual account of the incident in question but should also include any previous warnings, citing rules invoked, ....wait, Good God, if you can write an EJ in 5 minutes, then great.

[DG]

Originally Posted by fitump56

I'm not asking asking an umpire who gets home at 2300 or later, to fill out our ejection report...

If I toss someone I can't wait to get the ejection report in while it is fresh on my mind, even if I get home at 2300. 10 minutes tops email a report in. Some are much shorter depending on situation. The last one I filled out took about 10 minutes but I tossed the HC and 2 of his players and forfeited the game so it took some explanation.