Is whining & *****ing more prevalent this year?

[PeteBooth]

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From my own experiences and those of my peers who share theirs with me in casual conversations...


Flash forward to the evening, when the gentleman who assigned me this game, a colleague of mine, tells me the head coach in question didn't wait until after the day was over to call and complain about me. The @ss called my assignor immediately after the first game ended, in-between games. Wow. I think I set a precedent, because in 33 years of umpiring, I've never had a coach or manager complain about me that quickly.

What makes things worse, I think, is that my assignor tells me that I'm scheduled to see this same team on the road in May, and that I'll "most likely be removed from that doubleheader," with no replacement game being offered.

Thanks for sharing and this thread brings to mind the following:

1. Homers
2. Why there are problems
3. The guilty go unpunished.

Not necessarily in the above order but IMO prevalent.

Here we had one coach bump you and the other follow you all the way to the parking lot and your "assignor" is not mad at them. What consequences if any do these rat coaches get. Oh yeah they get to call the assignor and get who they want next time.

Let's face it the Home coach wants a "homer" an umpire who will "look the other way" and rule in his favor.

This is why it's difficult umpiring today. It's my gut that the personality traits displayed in the OP did not happen overnight. The problem: someone had the audacity to call them "on the carpet"

Others most likely "let it go" so they could get the assignments and did NOT want to upset the "Apple Cart". This is typical in both HS (which I know firsthand) and also College (been told to me by officials at that level)

Ok what is the remedy.

Re-examine your umpiring goals
if the answer is "heck with the BIG game because the "price" is to high to pay" then you look for a different association or call Travel ball (Decent baseball and you can make almost as much money with FAR LESS heachaches)

or Call it a career and do something else

Pete Booth