Pitcher turning the shoulders

[Coach Dykhoff]

Power Hungry?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Coach Dykhoff

Power Hungry?

New here?

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

New here?

New ID.

This one claims to have played at USC, though a search of rosters back through the 50's doesn't show his name.

Maybe Dykhoff is more a descriptive noun than proper noun.

[MD Longhorn]

Resumes are cheap on the internet. I "played baseball" at the University of Texas... if you count showing up for open tryouts and getting struck out by both Roger Clemens and Calvin Schiraldi while they were really just warming up "playing baseball".

[MikeStrybel]

How do you keep a coach from yelling in the first place? There is no rule against it. Being loud is not illegal unless you are working a game with a beeping ball.

'sheesh' was right.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by MikeStrybel

How do you keep a coach from yelling in the first place? There is no rule against it. Being loud is not illegal unless you are working a game with a beeping ball.

'sheesh' was right.

Hmm, you seem to be taking a different tact. The obvious context was a coach yelling at an umpire. You're saying you allow that because it's not against the rules?

[MD Longhorn]

Are you guys seriously saying you'd eject, or in some other way try to put a coach "in his place" for the mere act of hollering, "That's a balk!" Really? Sounds to me like the OP handled this the way most umpires would handle it, self included. "Blue, you suck - that's a balk!!!!" Completely different situation. But just "That's a balk!!" said twice is not grounds to get your panties in a wad.

[MikeStrybel]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Hmm, you seem to be taking a different tact. The obvious context was a coach yelling at an umpire. You're saying you allow that because it's not against the rules?

I had to work two games that went VERY late last night. Just awoke and saw your post. Mike (mcrowder) answered it perfectly. It is not against the rules for a coach to be loud, let alone state his opinion of the play. If he argues it we have a different story. In the OP, the coach did nothing wrong.

[Tim C]

Assistant coaches have a VERY short rope with me.

An assistant coach coaching first base would "say": "That's a balk!" possibly twice. Then it would be dealt with.

I guess I would start with the head coach and let him no if I dump his assistant he automatically gets restricted.

I am amazed that some of you would allow ANY assistant to continue to do something such as shouting (commenting): "That's a balk."

BTW, knowing the rule of when F1 can move his shoulders could be conveyed to the head coach at the end of the inning as he passes by: "Hey Skip, better help your first vase coach understand the rules we are playing under . . . "

T

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Tim C

I am amazed that some of you would allow ANY assistant to continue to do something such as shouting (commenting): "That's a balk."T

I'm not saying I'd let him continue or wouldn't address it at all. Several here sounded like they were implying that the ASSt coach should have been tossed immediately. OP did "deal with" the coach and didn't let him keep on yelling - but was getting thrown under the bus for it. Didn't think he did anything differently than most of us REALLY would.

(Yes, I know that most of the umpires on here would eject someone a lot quicker in print than on the field).

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Tim C

Assistant coaches have a VERY short rope with me.

An assistant coach coaching first base would "say": "That's a balk!" possibly twice. Then it would be dealt with.

I guess I would start with the head coach and let him no if I dump his assistant he automatically gets restricted.

I am amazed that some of you would allow ANY assistant to continue to do something such as shouting (commenting): "That's a balk."

BTW, knowing the rule of when F1 can move his shoulders could be conveyed to the head coach at the end of the inning as he passes by: "Hey Skip, better help your first vase coach understand the rules we are playing under . . . "

T

Your first and last points seem reasonably similar to what happened, according to the clarification. So, the middle points weren't needed.