I had to tell one of my players to lie

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I do not even know why he asked the question. That is why I was wondering what part did you find unprofessional. Then again this is after all one side of the story, so it might not have gone off totally that way. The entire situation seems a little fishy.

Peace

True enough. One wonders whether the catcher initiated the conversation. Either way, responding with that question seems unprofessional, and the response to the answer even worse. If you don't want to know, don't ask and just remind him not to argue BAS.

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

True enough. One wonders whether the catcher initiated the conversation. Either way, responding with that question seems unprofessional, and the response to the answer even worse. If you don't want to know, don't ask and just remind him not to argue BAS.

Consider this scenario:

"I can't believe you rung me up on that, blue."

"Well, where do you think the pitch was?"

"Way inside."

"Don't argue my strikezone, son."

More believable to me..............

Tim.

[Altor]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

Consider this scenario:

"I can't believe you rung me up on that, blue."

"Well, where do you think the pitch was?"

"Way inside."

"Don't argue my strikezone, son."

More believable to me..............

Tim.

Considering what F2 said as he left the dugout, my guess is that the first sentence was along the lines of:
"I hope my pitcher gets that pitch too."

[MikeStrybel]

As most here know, I crossed over to the dark side a few years ago and coach my son's ball team in addition to umpiring a crazy Spring schedule. I never liked it when a coach would say, "I need that strike too." when I called it on one of his batters. I swore I would never do it. I then did just that. It is pretty hard not to see a different strike zone when you are in a coach's box. I;m sure I'll do it again too. (sigh)

I don't believe I have ever asked a catcher what he thought of my calls when he was batting. I may have asked him what was up after one of his teammates was rung up and the bench was louder than normal. Usually, catchers at my level are smarter than I would have been at their age. Most know that it's best to keep me happy. I try to do the same with them.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

Consider this scenario:

"I can't believe you rung me up on that, blue."

"Well, where do you think the pitch was?"

"Way inside."

"Don't argue my strikezone, son."

More believable to me..............

Tim.

From A League of Their Own.

"That pitch might been a ball yesterday. It might be a ball tomorrow. But, today it's a strike."

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

Consider this scenario:

"I can't believe you rung me up on that, blue."

"Well, where do you think the pitch was?"

"Way inside."

"Don't argue my strikezone, son."

More believable to me..............

Tim.

Instead of asking that, I would reply with "I can believe it, because I had it as a strike".