New 2009 fed preseason guide quote????

[Klokard]

I have decided that if the Managers and HC's are going to request me getting help on the routine, I will in turn ask him to get help on his game strategy. I used to ask each HC at the plate meeting if I in any way helped them make out their line-ups. After each assured me that I had not, I then informed them that since I didn't help them, I would not require their help umpiring.

[JRutledge]

The best way to handle those ridiculous requests is to ask the coach a similar or relevant question. I have asked on several times, "You want him to help me on a call that he is 50 feet away from?" It makes me laugh when they do not know what to say after such a question.

Peace

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

The best way to handle those ridiculous requests is to ask the coach a similar or relevant question. I have asked on several times, "You want him to help me on a call that he is 50 feet away from?" It makes me laugh when they do not know what to say after such a question.

Peace

I have often answered a request on a close play, "Let's see, you were 180' from the play and you think that you saw something that you want me to ask my partner, 50' away to rule on a call that I was 3' from?" Then I usually turn and walk away before they can answer me.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

The best way to handle those ridiculous requests is to ask the coach a similar or relevant question. I have asked on several times, "You want him to help me on a call that he is 50 feet away from?" It makes me laugh when they do not know what to say after such a question.

Peace

I had a coach last season who simply couldn't believe I wouldn't get help on a routine play at first from the A position (he thought there was a pulled foot - there most certainly was not). He was stunned to the point of not knowing what to say, so I turned and walked away from him.

[DG]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

I had a coach last season who simply couldn't believe I wouldn't get help on a routine play at first from the A position (he thought there was a pulled foot - there most certainly was not). He was stunned to the point of not knowing what to say, so I turned and walked away from him.

I had one ask me to get help on a close play at the plate with my partner out in deep C with runners on the bases.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by Klokard

I have decided that if the Managers and HC's are going to request me getting help on the routine, I will in turn ask him to get help on his game strategy. I used to ask each HC at the plate meeting if I in any way helped them make out their line-ups. After each assured me that I had not, I then informed them that since I didn't help them, I would not require their help umpiring.

This must be a joke. Saying that at a home plate meeting is unthinkable.

[tballump]

Your the man OZZY

I believe there is a moderator on another Forum that would say "here we go with that "help" stuff again? Baseball is a game of judgment calls not help calls.
These coaches know exactly what they are doing when they try to make you look bad to the crowd by asking for help all the time and watching umpires get help all day, or by not getting help and then giving those looks of disbelief when the umpires do not. They are just playing you against one another knowing that this area is one of those areas that can make you look bad to the crowd either way, and make them look good, like they are doing their job at your expense. I believe getting help all the time on the field would put one in the "Smitty" column of umpiring for ones field work rather than the usual Smitty uniform part. Besides, I believe "help" was the name of a song anyway.

[Kevin Finnerty]

When I was younger (so much younger than today), I never needed anybody's help in any way. But now these days are gone, and I'm not so self assured. Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors ... so to speak.

[archangel]

Its ironic that in basketball and football, we hear the complaint from coaches/fans- "you cant call that from back there", when a thrown flag or whistle comes from the official farther away than a partner, but in baseball its just the opposite (in coaches minds)....

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by archangel

Its ironic that in basketball and football, we hear the complaint from coaches/fans- "you cant call that from back there", when a thrown flag or whistle comes from the official farther away than a partner, but in baseball its just the opposite (in coaches minds)....

In fact, in baseball it's exactly the same thing: coaches working the officials to try to get a more favorable call.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Rarely do I encounter a truly great coach. And even among great coaches, I have never encountered a coach who's a better umpire than even me.