The magic three-word defuser

grunewar

Ump153 wrote
"REALLY?!"

I've used this one myself and like it!

Sometimes I'll follow it up with, "Are you sure?" They usually go away then.....because they're not! 🙂

JR12

"There's no crying in baseball!"

JR12

yo...blue... wrote
I've umpired 1,000's of games. From LL to Professional (Indy). Many guys on this forum know who I am, but it might take some time for them to figure it out.

I've never seen a baseball completely settle on top of the plate. I guess my catchers are just smarter than your's in my neck-o-the-woods.

Or maybe my plates are sloped...rolling towards the infield perhaps.

Washburn wrote something incorrectly in his post, and I called him on it. My apologies if you find my sarcasm offensive. I didn't think umpires could have their feelings hurt so easily.

If I was in attack mode I would say something about the guy that ejected a batter for not getting in the box. There are prescribed penalties for that. Prescribe that penalty once or twice and he could have gotten mgr and player. That would have been more fun.

Have Fun with this one...

Happened to me in a 16U tourney game Saturday. Catcher scooped it off the plate, I pointed fair, catcher tagged batter (who never moved). Didn't hear a word from the OC.

Kevin Finnerty

yo...blue... wrote
BoooYahh!

Man, you guys get worked up easy. We'll have fun.

There you go again, thinking that you have more importance than you do by assuming that your B.S. is upsetting people.

It's a personality disorder, but here's the good news: it's fairly easy to treat as far as common personality disorders go! So, good luck with it.

Kevin Finnerty

grunewar wrote
I've used this one myself and like it!

Sometimes I'll follow it up with, "Are you sure?" They usually go away then.....because they're not! 🙂

"Coach, when we each get home, we're going to read that rule. And one of us is going to learn something."

I know it's not short, but it brought a peaceful end to a difficult to follow ruling and made an extended dispute come to a stop.

JR12

Very Good!

briancurtin

TussAgee11 wrote
QUIT WHINING, ITS ANNOYING

Just cut that down to "quit it".

njdevs00cup

I use this line often when I work games on the regulation diamond myself. Coaches will often say, "Blue you got to get a better angle or you got see that!" My reply, "I Know"

Kevin Finnerty

Don't make admissions about not getting a good angle.

aceholleran

Kevin Finnerty wrote
"Coach, when we each get home, we're going to read that rule. And one of us is going to learn something."

I know it's not short, but it brought a peaceful end to a difficult to follow ruling and made an extended dispute come to a stop.

I like this a ton! Must be the Irish gift o' gab.

ace in ct

aceholleran

From my buddy Biggy D. DC repeatedly carping about B1's stride and batter's box lines.

"Coach, I heard you the first time; there won't be a third."

ace

Kevin Finnerty

aceholleran wrote
I like this a ton! Must be the Irish gift o' gab.

ace in ct

I always enjoy saying these words:

Why, thank you, Ace!

Kevin Finnerty

aceholleran wrote
From my buddy Biggy D. DC repeatedly carping about B1's stride and batter's box lines.

"Coach, I heard you the first time; there won't be a third."

ace

Okay, now I like this a ton.

No need to steal it; we'll just trade.

Emperor Ump

Earlier this season when confronted with the "Tie goes to the runner" arguement, I replied "Absolutely!"

njdevs00cup

Kevin Finnerty wrote
Don't make admissions about not getting a good angle.

It's the knucklehead coaches that make these comments about not getting a good angle when a single umpire is calling the game. Most coaches understand that they are saving $$$ by paying one umpire. Case in point, straight steal of second. Where can a coach expect the plate umpire to get? I know I have to get a better angle and for that matter closer to the play!

SanDiegoSteve

njdevs00cup wrote
It's the knucklehead coaches that make these comments about not getting a good angle when a single umpire is calling the game. Most coaches understand that they are saving $$$ by paying one umpire. Case in point, straight steal of second. Where can a coach expect the plate umpire to get? I know I have to get a better angle and for that matter closer to the play!

I have worked a ton of solo games, and I don't put up with any questioning of calls, or positioning or anything like that. Zero tolerance. Anybody starts in questioning calls or angles gets the, "pay for two umpires next time" reply. I always feel like adding, "you cheap ba$tards."🙂

radwaste50

TussAgee11 wrote
QUIT WHINING, ITS ANNOYING

I don't speak Whinese

Have used this for the kids for years only once in baseball in a game similar to Tuss'

Kevin Finnerty

njdevs00cup wrote
It's the knucklehead coaches that make these comments about not getting a good angle when a single umpire is calling the game. Most coaches understand that they are saving $$$ by paying one umpire. Case in point, straight steal of second. Where can a coach expect the plate umpire to get? I know I have to get a better angle and for that matter closer to the play!

"I have a buddy sitting at home who would have made that call from the cut-out for only seventy dollars."

Just tell him that.

SanDiegoSteve wrote
I have worked a ton of solo games, and I don't put up with any questioning of calls, or positioning or anything like that. Zero tolerance. Anybody starts in questioning calls or angles gets the, "pay for two umpires next time" reply. I always feel like adding, "you cheap ba$tards."🙂

Steve sets that up at the home plate meeting, like the guy who taught me. 😉

njdevs00cup

"I have a buddy sitting at home who would have made that call from the cut-out for only seventy dollars."

Just tell him that.

Good stuff Kevin.

Kevin Finnerty

😉

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