Admitting to your mistakes?

[PeteBooth]

[QUOTE]

Originally Posted by jdmara

We all know it happens from time to time. But how often do you all own up to the mistake to coaches?

The 1st base coach came rolling over to me between innings and politely asked, "Is he coming set on all those pitches?" Without any thought I replied, "I missed one coach but all the other ones were legal. I'll be sure to continue to keep an eye on it." He said, "Ok. Thanks"

You have to be careful when you admit a mistake to a coach and it doesn't come back and "bite" you


Example: you know you missed a balk call. The OM requests time (before the next pitch IW etc.) and says "Blue he did not come set" to which you reply "skip I missed it"

The OM now says Blue please enforce. Now if you do not enforce the Balk the manager will then protest and in his report will indicate that you indeed said "You missed it" I have seen it happen.

Try to answer in generic terms. Using your example: you could simply have said "skip will keep an eye out for it" without admitting that you "missed it"

Pete Booth

[jdmara]

[QUOTE=PeteBooth]

You have to be careful when you admit a mistake to a coach and it doesn't come back and "bite" you


Example: you know you missed a balk call. The OM requests time (before the next pitch IW etc.) and says "Blue he did not come set" to which you reply "skip I missed it"

The OM now says Blue please enforce. Now if you do not enforce the Balk the manager will then protest and in his report will indicate that you indeed said "You missed it" I have seen it happen.

Try to answer in generic terms. Using your example: you could simply have said "skip will keep an eye out for it" without admitting that you "missed it"

Pete Booth

Typically I take the approach of "I will keep an eye on it" but he caught me a little at ease. I think I was surprised more than he was that I said that.

-Josh

[Rich]

[QUOTE=PeteBooth]

You have to be careful when you admit a mistake to a coach and it doesn't come back and "bite" you


Example: you know you missed a balk call. The OM requests time (before the next pitch IW etc.) and says "Blue he did not come set" to which you reply "skip I missed it"

The OM now says Blue please enforce. Now if you do not enforce the Balk the manager will then protest and in his report will indicate that you indeed said "You missed it" I have seen it happen.

Try to answer in generic terms. Using your example: you could simply have said "skip will keep an eye out for it" without admitting that you "missed it"

Pete Booth

Nonsense. Complete and utter nonsense.

I'm not going to admit such a thing during the inning and I'm not going to stop play to discuss a balk (or non-balk) call.

Between innings, I'll be happy to tell him I kicked one. Big deal - not like it happens often.

Why do officials worry so much about protests? I've had 2 in 20 years and both were protests I recorded that I *knew* would get thrown out immediately.

[lawump]

Here is a complete list of all the mistakes (and the situation in which the mistake occurred) that I've admitted to coaches I made:

[aceholleran]

I have done this only on dead-red non-strike calls (accompanied by cranial fletus), discreetly, to coaches whom I knew not to be b@llbusters.

Besides, I got every other call right. For 31 years. Go figure.

ace in CT

[RPatrino]

In my view, there is only one way to answer the question the coach asked in the OP. That answer is "Yes, or I would have balked him". You can add, " and I'll keep watchin closely".

That coach, like all the other's, is just trying to get in your head to get his team a slight edge. Pure and simple. I am very likely to be very tuned in to how HIS pitcher is pitching for the rest of the game as well.

[SanDiegoSteve]

I thought I got a call wrong once...but I was mistaken.