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

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What a farce ! A pitcher that doesn't know the rudimentary skills. Obviously a coach that hasn't coached. An umpire that doesnt't know / enforce the most basic rules and thinks he has the authority to control fans. A fan - dad - umpire that can't stop himself from trying to control a game that he isn't working.

Yeah, I've seen all those, just not at the same time, in one game. I have "ejected" fans, meaning I've asked league / school administration to remove said fan due to him/her being out of control and having a negative impact on the game, players, coaches, etc.

LawUmp: Do you monitor all other private actions of umpires in your association? What and how they drive, to and from the game? Whether or not they "have a few" in the parking lot or at a local "watering hole" after a game? How they spend the money received for umpiring? Hmm. Withholding a recommendation for playoff assignments based upon perceived unethical behavior while attending a game as a fan? Sound like you have one tough association.

Had I been the fan - dad- umpire, rather than publicly jumping on that "umpire", I would have provided written documentation to his assignor / association regarding his lack of basic skills. Even if I had "screwed up" and jumped on him from the stands, I would have written him up when he conducted himself inappropriately two years later. That's a long, long time to remember a slight and hold a grudge. From many of the posts here, as umpires most of us would eject a coach or player that got in our face about an issue from a previous game; but we "support" a fellow umpire that commits the same infraction? How ethical is that, gentlemen?