Embarrassing Moment

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Thanks for posting the link Josh.

If you listen closely, that's me you hear clapping in the background.

Good stuff!

I knew that was your clap I could pick it out from anywhere

-Josh

[Toadman15241]

I did a favor for the assignor one day and took a 9 year old travel game about 15 minutes before it started. About the 4th inning a pitch hits the batter and he starts going down to first. I think nothing of it until the catcher stands up and yells "I didn't mean for you to ACTUALLY do it." Before I could react the manager of that team asks for time and both the pitcher and catcher get pulled. As the new battery is warming up I can hear him chewing them a new one. After the inning the two were forced to head over to the other team's bench and apologize for what they did.

[Welpe]

During my first year as an umpire, I was working a Little League game as the BU. I was wearing an older pair of black tennis shoes that did not have a lot of tread on them. With an R1 and me in the LL C position, the runner tried to steal on a passed ball. I ran in to cover the play, hit a loose patch of dirt and my feet slid out from under me. I went airborne and landed hard on my side just as the runner slid into 2B. Fortunately I managed to keep my eye on the play and called the runner out on the tag....while lying on the ground.

No complaining, only a lot of laughter and one embarassed teenager hustling back to the A position.

[mbyron]

A couple years ago I had the plate for a district tournament game. It had rained the night before, but the field was in great shape. Except for a slightly mucky spot between where PU sets up and where PU has to go to cover 3B.

Sure enough, we've got a 1st to 3rd play. I take one step on the muddy spot, and WHOOSH! My feet go out from under me like I'm in a cartoon, and I land on my but in the mud.

My partner looked around and, not seeing me at 3B, moved to cover it himself. Then he couldn't stop laughing when he finally found me.

[TussAgee11]

I ate it one night retreating back to home after rotating to third. There was a stupid astroturf ondeck circle right off of the dirt circle, just there for aesthetics. And for me to trip over, my head was turned towards the ball over my shoulder and WHAM.

Probably about 30 college umpires were in the stands. One of them brought a Tide on the go stick to the locker room after the game for me.

[yawetag]

This past weekend, I was at a clinic in Springfield, MO. On Sunday, each umpire was observed by instructors for 2 innings each on plate and bases. The instructors were in the press box, located behind home plate.

As one group was on the field, a batter hit a clean double. After play relaxed, one of the instructors called the PU back to talk to him. The second the PU turned his head, F6 overthrew to F1 and the runner took off for 3B. A second later, you hear "s**t" from the press box. The play was covered by BU, but it was hilarious to hear someone say what every umpire thinks in those situations.

[piaa_ump]

In my first year of umpiring....I was working solo on a youth game......wearing my league issued mask and balloon.......a ground ball to F3 and I come out from the plate trying to get a good angle on the play..........


I trip over a dangling strap on the balloon and fall face first in the dusty infield.....I mean a real face-plant.........and miss the whole play....

I got up looking like a powdered donut.........

No place to hide.........