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Old Mon Jan 21, 2008, 11:03pm
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How can you make that call?
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Old Mon Jan 21, 2008, 11:08pm
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How can you make that call?

How can you make that call?!?
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Old Tue Jan 22, 2008, 04:14am
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I just turn the hearing aids off. Smooth quiet games always
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Old Tue Jan 22, 2008, 03:55pm
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Phrase not allowed on the field

I don't allow anyone on the field to use the phrase "Call it both ways, Blue!"

That phrase strongly implies that I am favoring the other team, and fundamentally, it questions my integrity. When I hear anyone on the bench say that, I give the coach a warning, and let him know that a bench restriction and/or ejections will follow if I hear it again.
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Old Tue Jan 22, 2008, 04:16pm
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I don't allow anyone on the field to use the phrase "Call it both ways, Blue!"

That phrase strongly implies that I am favoring the other team, and fundamentally, it questions my integrity. When I hear anyone on the bench say that, I give the coach a warning, and let him know that a bench restriction and/or ejections will follow if I hear it again.
Boy are you strict!
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Old Tue Jan 22, 2008, 06:05pm
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Daniel Bearnoulli? Is he taking Froemming's place?

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Old Tue Jan 22, 2008, 07:59pm
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AD as you pull in the parking lot, "Your partner just called and he's stuck at work."
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Old Tue Jan 22, 2008, 10:42pm
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Actual utterance of a young partner of mine who was itching to get behind the plate:

"I forgot to bring my base hat and my plate hat is too tight to wear on the bases."

Ummm...sure, son, you can have the plate.
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2008, 02:18pm
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Actual utterance of a young partner of mine who was itching to get behind the plate:

"I forgot to bring my base hat and my plate hat is too tight to wear on the bases."
If his plate hat is too tight to wear on the bases, wouldn't this same hat be too tight while doing the plate? Perhaps there's some head shrinking going on when he's behind the mask.
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2008, 03:33pm
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Boy are you strict!
Of course I am! How loossly do you let them question YOUR integrity?
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2008, 05:16pm
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I don't take the comment literally, I just ignore it. They're just rats, trying to get a call. I'll sometimes here this when I ring up one at the knees. I just hope the next pitch is in the same place so I can ring it up again.
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2008, 05:22pm
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I don't take the comment literally,
Okay...then take the comment figuratively and tell me what the coach is saying.

"Where was that", "not your pitch", etc are simple disagreements with your judgment. But "Call it both ways" implies strongly that you are favoring one team over the other, or put otherwise, cheating.

I'll tolerate a coach saying that once, but he won't be around to say it three times.
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Ok Garth, I'm curious to see how you'd play this out. Game management is something I need to get better at, particularly with coaches. So here's the sitch A...

You're in A, close play at first, you have him safe. You start to pivot into B as the ball is being returned to F1 when head rat yells from his cage "CALL IT BOTH WAYS".

What do you say back, it its the 2nd time he's said it to you?

Sitch B...

You're PU. Strike 3 called, 3rd out. As 3rd base coach (who is also HC) walks by to return to dugout, he says "you gotta give our pitcher that too." What is your reply? Note: He never stops walking and keeps on to the dugout.

Sitch C...

Same as B, but its an overly obnoxious assistant.

Others with experience other than Garth, please chime in with your responses.
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Old Wed Jan 23, 2008, 06:30pm
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Sitch A I make eye contact and I'll say, "Don't go there" or "That's enough".
If I hear it a second time he's done for the game.

Stich B I will say "If he throws it there, he'll get it" to the head cheese.

Sitch C I will either ignore the assistant or dump him. Since you indicated he was "obnoxious", he's evidently already done or said something to make that fact known, so odds are better than 50-50 that he'll be done.

I know probably 80% of the coaches I work for, and they know what they can say to me with or without reprocussions. The other 20% can be generalized into the Sitches outlined above.

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Old Wed Jan 23, 2008, 06:39pm
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Ok Garth, I'm curious to see how you'd play this out. Game management is something I need to get better at, particularly with coaches. So here's the sitch A...

You're in A, close play at first, you have him safe. You start to pivot into B as the ball is being returned to F1 when head rat yells from his cage "CALL IT BOTH WAYS".

What do you say back, it its the 2nd time he's said it to you?

Sitch B...

You're PU. Strike 3 called, 3rd out. As 3rd base coach (who is also HC) walks by to return to dugout, he says "you gotta give our pitcher that too." What is your reply? Note: He never stops walking and keeps on to the dugout.

Sitch C...

Same as B, but its an overly obnoxious assistant.

Others with experience other than Garth, please chime in with your responses.

A. Like I said, he'll get to say it once, but never three times. After the first time he'll be told "Don''t question my ethics." If it starts to leave his lips again, he'll be gone.

B. If he continues walking away, I will not follow him, but I will suggest loudly enough for him that both pitchers will get what they throw.

C. An assistant? If it's his first crack, I'll ignore him. If he's a repeat offender, he's done.
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