Umpire "Etiquette"

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by kylejt

Soccer is different, because it's played with a clock. When the clock says you're done, you blow your little whistle, and except for injury time for the actors, the game is over.

In baseball, the umpires have a lot more to do with how and when the game ends. THAT'S why you don't shake hands, fist bump, (or hug, in the case of soccer) on the field.

Signed,
Archie Bunker

While I know this is meant in jest, I can't help but respond. The truth is actually quite the opposite. Baseball ends when the last out is recorded. Except when that out is a bang-bang play or a called third strike, it's obvious to everyone when it happens (and it's impending nature is also obvious). In soccer, the game is over when the referee says it is and the only clock that matters is conveniently on the referee's wrist where no one can see it.

A soccer referee is far more open to complaint as to when the match is ended than a baseball umpire is.