How should I have handled this

[GA Umpire]

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

If he did not want me to ask him a question, all he had to do was say no.

My skin is not so thin that I cannot talk to coaches after the game. Like I said before, I refer them to the UIC for rules questions and I never will discuss judgment calls.

Which is exactly what you should have done. You say it in your own posts but yet you don't abide by it and want camaraderie(and appear to be getting it).

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

These two guys actually had put their stuff right beside our team's stuff outside our dugout. I did not go find them, they were standing right there.

Then, you should have moved your stuff or waited until they moved theirs. You ambushed them after the game about a rule/judgment call instead of going to the UIC(which you state you would tell any coach to do but did not follow that same logic).

Are you beginning to understand the situation yet? You tell other coaches to leave you alone but you felt the need to disobey that same logic. Yet, you say "I am not thin-skinned". It has nothing to do with that. It is called "Baseball Etiquette". When the game is over, it is over. Do not approach the umpires. I don't care how you dress it up of how you would handle it. It is the same thing only you were treated the same as you would treat other coaches. Only, these kids got a little smart with you. Boo-who. Who is not thin-skinned?

Best way to handle it: Leave the umpires alone.