What to do?

[David Emerling]

Originally Posted by btdt

What are you going to tell a coach in the future when the PU makes the call and the D coach starts yelling thats the BU call , yesterday/last week/ when ever it was the BU call!!!!!!! Whats with you guys, can't you get anything right.

Never get into a debate about umpiring mechanics and whose call it is with a coach.

When a coach wants a ruling the umpires get to determine whose call it is, whether right or wrong. And even if the umpires get it wrong, that's too bad for the coach.

What - is he going to protest that the umpires aren't using proper mechanics? For all he knows, the umpires agreed, before the game, that the BU would take all tag-ups. Orthodox? Yes. Illegal? No.

I wouldn't allow coach to talk very long about whose call it is. That's him telling you how to do your job. You might as well tell him how stupid it was to attempt to steal 3rd base, with two outs, down by 5 runs, with his #3 hitter at the plate.

David Emerling
Memphis, TN