I Guess I Deserved it, or Maybe Not.....

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by rei

Yes, I have ejected spectators. Never an umpire spectator taking jabs at me, but ones who have used profanity towards people on the field, or threats towards people on the field, or taunting players.

Tim did none of these things. I think umpires who care what the fans think are bush league.

Originally Posted by rei

In a case like this, I would make sure you were gone if you made comments again. That is big time bush league.

How would you make sure a fan is gone for making comments? When did it become against the rules to holler at an umpire? If you did that, you must have extremely thin skin. When you put on a uniform, you are supposed to let that stuff roll off you like water off a duck's back.

Originally Posted by rei

Coming here and talking smack about him is almost as low.

I didn't see any smack talk here. He was telling on himself, regretting having opened his mouth against a brother-umpire two years prior. If anything, you should commend Tim for owning up to doing such a thing, and opening himself up to all kinds of criticism.

For the umpire to have that long of a memory, while at the same time being clueless about the rules, tells me all I need to know about this Smitty to start with. I sure wouldn't want to work with someone who doesn't know the most rudimentary rules like what foot to step off with, or that the pitcher has to come to a stop.

While it was wrong of Tim to do what he did two years ago, I find it far more offensive that this incompetent umpire felt it necessary to seek out a fan who paid his nothing to get in, and threaten him. Major Bush League.