Is it my duty as a fellow umpire?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by gdc25

So here’s the question. Is it my duty as a fellow umpire to try to find these guys UIC/Assignor and provide some feedback or do I just leave well enough alone?

In general, IMO, no. In this particular case, where bad positioning and poor mechanics seem to have added up to one missed call over the entire game, IMO, no.

In my association, baseball and softball guys work for the same assignor. So if it were me, given the relationship I have with my assignor, I could call him and talk to him about what I saw, if it were really bad.

But my assignor almost always has a better sense of the quality of his umpires than I would have after seeing just one game, so I wouldn't bother unless I had witnessed a major screw-up or mechanics so horrible (BU in the outfield at TOP) that made the association look bad.

And I haven't mentioned the fact that you don't work baseball. We don't care about or build our mechanics around being "in the pitcher's field of view," for example.

So, still, no.

[gdc25]

'swat I thought.


oh and I expected this, so no offense taken.

And I haven't mentioned the fact that you don't work baseball.

I'll go back to adult t-ball now.

[jicecone]

A couple of points to consider.

Had you attended that game as an evaluator and not a parent it may have been a little different.

Had you been a respected veteran baseball official for their assoication or well known within the area it may have been different.

JV baseball is useually the training program for future Var officials.

Otherwise, sit back and enjoy watching your son play ball and NO to your question.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by gdc25

oh and I expected this, so no offense taken.

I certainly intended no offense, and don't think I said anything offensive about you or softball. So I find your implication that you've declined to take offense puzzling.

My point was simply that softball and baseball mechanics do not coincide. It was a point about limited expertise, not a slam on your sport of choice.