Pre Game Conversation With Coaches

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by mj

I'd be good with that. I don't even ask about being legally equipped. No coach has never told me they weren't and there is no penalty even if they are.

Last 2 person game of the year tonight!!!

Some things are required by the state.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Some things are required by the state.

We're in the same state (mj and I). And I'll probably take mj's advice and shorten this even more. It eliminates the R having to go last in order to ask the question.

Working a 3-person girls game tonight. Last regular season game for me - working with two partners I've never met before.

[centkyref]

In Kentucky, we are required to read the sportsmanship card. I usually start the meeting by waving it around saying: "The card I'm not going to read is all about sportsmanship, so everybody play nice!" I then ask the coaches if everybody is legally and properly equipped. They always answer yes. "Thanks guys, good luck!" No more than a minute.

I did get one partner good this year, though. I was one of the umpires, and we were commenting before the game what a waste of time the captains/coaches meeting is. He went through the "play nice/legally equipped" stuff, then out of habit looked at us if we had anything to add. The other umpire started to back out and I stepped up and said (in my best Barney Fife impersonation: "Now boys! Tonight we're not gonna put up with any nonsense. We're nipping in the bud!"

Both coaches and the R about swallowed their gum. The kids also got a chuckle. The look on the R's face when I stepped up was priceless.

[REFANDUMP]

You're all forgetting the most important thing. "If the ball gets away, you get it, because I don't feel like playing ballboy tonight" !!

[BillyMac]

"Speaking captains? What're your numbers? Are you starting?"