The Carded Coach
 

This was priceless! I was doing a 8 - 9 year old All Star tournament. I was wearing a new shirt, which does not have my state patch sewn on. The batter squares to bunt, bunts the ball, which rebounds and hits the bat (still in hands), while the batter is still in the box. "Foul!" The defensive coach asks for time and says, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, he struck the ball twice, he's automatically out. It doesn't matter where he is!" I tried to explain the rule to him at which time he said, "Stop, I'm a carded umpire so you don't need to explain anything to me! But I guess guys like you have to learn at this level!"

Please tell me you ran him.

I agree, PLEASE PLEASE tell us you dumped him.
I don't know what carded means, but I DO know what ejected means.
He went well beyond the leash he might have gotten up to that point in the game.

I hope to God you gave him his "card" and I hope it was "RED". :mad:

He received his going away card! I received an apology later on! Apparently a carded parent explained the rule to him!

First, as a carded ump, he should know the rule.

Second, as an ump he should know better than to treat another umpire with such disrespect.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! :D

How about the carded hammer...
 

....that the carded parent had to use on the carded coach to get the message through his thick skull??:D

I love these guys and I have a built in response.

"If you were truly an Brother Blue, you wouldn't bring this up. So either you are lying or you are a no Brother of mine, guess what comes next?"

Gone.

No, that the moron was dumped as he should have been! :D

I had a game wherre the coach pull that crap on me, "I am a college umpire and that was the worste call I've ever seen..."

"Well then as an umpire you will not be surprised at what happens next."

Bet he wasn't !;)