Bad Game Management

[Interested Ump]

Originally Posted by BretMan

Even nicer plate stance...

I know that some of you baseball-only guys look down on softball, but this clip is "real" softball in the same vein that the WWF is "real" wrestling.

Properly trained softball umpires wouldn't look or act like these guys and would have some notion of the concept of "game management".

Having officiated 11 sports including all variations of softball, I have found that hardball umpires who look down their noses at softball (or any other) fellow officials do so for one reason only.

Their own lack of self-esteem.

If you have to "lower" another to grant yourself a higher throne, then you have defined yourself not by your positive actions but only by your selfish acts of demeaning others.