Set Position, Pivot Foot Not Entirely in Front of Plate

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by UmpJM (nee CoachJM)

Darien,

I assure you that, were I the umpire, that would be his last act as a participant in the game.

You shoulda' dumped him as you left the field without even breaking stride.

JM

They were going home - wouldn't have given me the same warm fuzzy feeling.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

They were going home - wouldn't have given me the same warm fuzzy feeling.

Unless you were scheduled on his next game and had the pleasure of not seeing him there.

[ManInBlue]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Unless you were scheduled on his next game and had the pleasure of not seeing him there.

There was no next game - Championship bracket, they lost - (IE - they're going home).

EJ wouldn't carry over to the next tourney for hiim to sit out the "next" game.

[UmpJM]

Originally Posted by ManInBlue

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EJ wouldn't carry over to the next tourney for hiim to sit out the "next" game.

Darien,

Are you sure?

Cuz when I dumped an AC who thought he was entitled to a "free shot" after his team had just been eliminated from a USSSA tourney last summer as my partner and I were leaving the field, he was, in fact, required by (the same) TD to "sit out" the first game of the next U-Trip tourney his team was playing in a couple of weeks later.

I understand he was quite "surprised". He also looked kinda' surprised when I showed up to call one of their early round games a couple of games later. Didn't hear "Jack" out of him the whole game. Go figure.

Always do your job.

JM

[JJ]

Whether he has to sit out a game or not, I'd have dumped him anyway. I'd have written the report and made sure it got sent to my assignor and HIS superiors. Word gets around, and if he thought he could get a "free shot" with no followup, he would have been mistaken. Plus, I'd have felt better.

JJ