Umpire arrested at HS baseball game

[Rich]

Wow.

Umpire Arrested at High School Baseball Game for Assaulting Officer | WQAD.com

[jicecone]

I had a few this year that heavy drinking was necessary after the game but, never before.

[jTheUmp]

If I ever had a partner show up drunk:

My first act would be calling my assigner.
My second act would be telling my partner that his services wouldn't be needed for that game.
My second and third actions would be to talk to the coaches of both teams, let them know what was going on, and that I'd be working the game solo.

Post-game, my first act would be calling my assigner again (especially if I had to leave a message the first time).
My second act would be writing up an incident report for the state governing body, and CC-ing my assigner (and possibly the ADs of the schools involved).
My third act would be putting that partner on the "do not work with again ever, under any circumstances whatsoever" list.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

If I ever had a partner show up drunk:

My first act would be calling my assigner.
My second act would be telling my partner that his services wouldn't be needed for that game.
My second and third actions would be to talk to the coaches of both teams, let them know what was going on, and that I'd be working the game solo.

Post-game, my first act would be calling my assigner again (especially if I had to leave a message the first time).
My second act would be writing up an incident report for the state governing body, and CC-ing my assigner (and possibly the ADs of the schools involved).
My third act would be putting that partner on the "do not work with again ever, under any circumstances whatsoever" list.

+1 ... all of this.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

If I ever had a partner show up drunk:

My first act would be calling my assigner.
My second act would be telling my partner that his services wouldn't be needed for that game.
My second and third actions would be to talk to the coaches of both teams, let them know what was going on, and that I'd be working the game solo.

Post-game, my first act would be calling my assigner again (especially if I had to leave a message the first time).
My second act would be writing up an incident report for the state governing body, and CC-ing my assigner (and possibly the ADs of the schools involved).
My third act would be putting that partner on the "do not work with again ever, under any circumstances whatsoever" list.

A friend of mine was working a summer tournament in a neighboring state several years ago. After a several hour rain delay, the UIC gathered as many of the umpires he could and re-assigned for the remainder of the day. My friend was sent to one of the outlying fields, about a 45 min drive, for a game that was to start in an hour and told to get ready for the plate. UIC wasn't sure who his partner would be, but he would get somebody out there. Friend goes to the field, gets dressed, no partner in sight, so he walks onto the field and proceeds to start his pre-game with the coaches. In the middle of pre-game, a car screeches into the parking lot, guy jumps out, pulls on a blue shirt, grabs his small cooler and runs out onto the field. He gets to the plate and he is holding a beer can! He chugs the remainder of the can, says something like "OK...lets get this game started!"

He was politely informed that he would not be working the game by both my friend and the two coaches.....

[Moosie74]

I've had a couple of partners show up intoxicated, one guy showed up to a Little League game 3 sheets to the wind and thankfully left to walk home in the 2nd inning. He apparently thought the kids celebrating the over the fence home run meant the game was over.

I've also seen a guy get arrested by federal agents between innings of a game. Apparently he was wanted on tax evasion for not reporting all of his income, such as from the game he was umpiring at the time

[bluehair]

Originally Posted by Rich

Umpire Arrested at High School Baseball Game for Assaulting Officer | WQAD.com

That's terrible...some umpires just can't handle their liquor...terrible.

[pob14]

Makes a fella proud to be an Astro (which makes sense if you've read Ball Four).

I can prove this wasn't me, though, as I said on another board:

1. I haven't worked HS Baseball in several years.
2. Stark County is at least 90 miles from here.
3. I'm older and fatter than he is.
4. It would have only taken one Tase to bring me down.

[pob14]

From the latest reports:


Quote:

[Stark County State's Attorney James] Owens said Jacobson’s record included drug charges from the early 1980s, but no further information about that could immediately be obtained.

I find it interesting that the EMTs apparently reported "an indication that alcohol might be involved," but the police do not seem to have noted the odor of an alcoholic beverage, or at least the reporters haven't said that they testified to that.

[Robmoz]

(editor’s note: Matt Troha of the IHSA said in a May 14 email that Daryl Jacobson was a last-minute substitute suggested by another umpire, and the school did not have the opportunity to verify Jacobson’s status prior to the game at which the alleged altercation happened. Troha said Jacobson “was not an IHSA official and had not been licensed by the IHSA since 2004.”)

[jwwashburn]

I do not think that interviewing some kid who said his friends told him what happened was extremely responsible journalism.

For all we know, the guy might have had a seizure and alcohol was not involved.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by Robmoz

(editor’s note: Matt Troha of the IHSA said in a May 14 email that Daryl Jacobson was a last-minute substitute suggested by another umpire, and the school did not have the opportunity to verify Jacobson’s status prior to the game at which the alleged altercation happened. Troha said Jacobson “was not an IHSA official and had not been licensed by the IHSA since 2004.”)

That's interesting. I wonder what the IHSA rules are regarding schools who use unlicensed officials. I should think the school will be made an example of given what happened.