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

[kraine27]

IMO, there is absolutely no excuse for any umpire (or official for that matter)at any level to take the field/court of play and not have an understanding of the rules. We all have or will make mistakes in judgement but to simply not know or understand the rules is simply lazy. In the original game, where was the PU to help with the balk call (or lack of in this case)? The illegal move got by both of them?

I am now a parent/umpire watching my daughter play softball. It is very difficult watching umpires work softball games that are very clearly in it for the money. There is no excuse for lack of rules knowledge. I can understand a bad positioning or bad judgement, those things happen, but not bad rules knowledge.

I am curious if the BU's association or crew chief or UIC (whatever they are called in your area) had a conversation and training time with this young umpire. I wonder if the BU would have even been receptive of another umpire talking to him about his screw up?

IMHO, two wrongs in this story. I believe the poster has learned and growen from his mistake, has the BU?