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Did you just ask him where his hat was or did you try to impart a little wisdom and knowledge of proper dress code for umps? When you were first learning your skills as an umpire did the other umps help you out, give constructive criticism, have patience with you during your learning curve or did they talk about you behind your back, make fun of you, report all your bad mechanics or bad rule interps to the assignor and refuse to work with you in the future? |
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nope, not a troll. Just too early in the morning and brain farted. Sorry F5 and F1..... my bad |
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i understand why that would be!! i am trying my best to stop the caps since that bothers. even tho i had to baktrak 3 times on this post ![]() i will do my best to post better. |
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People like these have an aversion to learning anything about the proper way of doing things. I'm sure this guy has been told time and time again about his mechanics and appearance. The assignor even said that he doesn't use the guy because he sucks so badly. This indicates that the guy has been around long enough to know mechanics, rules, and above all. . .wear a damn hat when umpiring the bases. There is certainly nothing wrong with not wanting to work again with someone who is totally incompetent, as this guy appears to be. My instructors had patience with me when I started, but then again, I always wore my hat. ![]()
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We all have an idiosyncrisy(sp) or two that appear to be be smittyish to others, and some simply have not had proper training though their intention may be pure. Julio seems to be on the newer side of things and was already throwing stones as well as other umps under the bus. Nothing wrong with thinking twice before picking up the stone. BTW, If this guy is as incompetent as he appears and as stubborn and unwilling to learn as he appears then perhaps the assignor or assignors in the area that keep giving him work are just as incompetent. Maybe we should be dissing the ones who hire the Smitties. |
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This guy would be a good umpire if he listened to somebody, anybody at all. |
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To give you all an idea of how desperate they are for umpires in my area here is how I got into it.
My boss was on the Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth board and he learned that I played baseball in college, and he said "We need umps, email this guy". I thought what the hell and I did. The next week I am standing on 13 yo Babe Ruth Field not knowing ****, never read a rule book, etc. I am wearing grey docker from Sears, a navy blue collared shirt from Wal-Mart, a black alpinestar hat, and white shoes. Yep, I was awesome!!!!!!! The next game I was behind the plate. I had never done a game in my life back there and I had to borrow equipment to wear. It was a sad, sad day. I feel sorry for the teams that got me. After that game I realized I had a lot to learn and long ways to go. Over the past year and half I have picked up on a many things. Read whatever I could get my hands and LISTENED and APPLIED what people who knew more than me had to say. Basically, I was THAT guy in my post that we are talking about. |
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I helped him whenever I could. When he was in "B" the way he was standing he would have to turn his body 180 degrees to make a call on a pick at first. I told him that in my opinion I would angle my body to where I would only have to move my head and not my whole body. I also set my mask on the ground in between innings and showed that when he was in A his goal was to get 90 degrees to the flight of the ball so he could see better (he was staying foul territory). I then demonstrated where I would go based on a ball hit to F5, F6, and F4. It wasnt like I didnt want to help him. He just wasnt very receptive because after I showed him that stuff with my mask he still never left A to make a call. I also never said a word to my assignor about his balk call. My assignor view is bad enough and he has even sat him down and said "Look, you need to work on this, this, and this. Not worry about this, this, and this" and he never changed it. I tried to show him some things that I feel are correct (even though I am inexperienced and have a lot to learn) but he was dead set in his ways. Last edited by Julio Caliente; Mon Jul 30, 2007 at 01:03pm. |
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Or, it could just be that Julio is not too caliente.
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Julio, what Garth is beating around the bush to say is that the proper position in "B" is facing home plate, and when there is a pickoff you step forward and pivot on your left foot, swinging your right foot around and squaring up to the base. You are not supposed to just "turn your head."
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My body does turn, but I don't think I pivot correctly like you say. Well, there is another thing to work on. For the record, I have never been to a school in my life. I do plan on going to one before next season though (I know I have a lot to learn). everything I have learned I have either been taught from somebody I worked with, or picked up from watching better umpires. |
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