video says it all

[derwil]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

I wish the video went longer. I would bet dollars to doughnuts that robbie is right, and this guy corrected it nearly immediately. I bet this was "wrong signal" and not simply a horrific call.

This happened in the Association next to where I call for HS. As you can imagine, it's been a point of discussion.

The game was a decent Fultondale team vs. a very bad Birmingham City School - "Minor". Think of 8u/10u bad vs HS Varsity. The score at the time was 19-2 Fultondale in the top of the 3rd. The umpire was looking for an out and picked a crappy time to try and get one. He is normally not a bad umpire and I have worked with him on several occasions. He just made a bad choice that got caught on video.

Unfortunately after the call, it got a little ugly with the umpire telling the coach to "get back in the dugout or you're gone". Again, not a great move. The video and story has now gone viral nationwide. I've receive two e-mails today from a college assigner and our State HS director tell all members to unlink the post and to not share it.

I'm thankful that all the stupid decisions I've made over the years aren't on video. While it is funny to think that the guy who made the call did a poor job and, quite frankly, sucks - he is still one of our fellow officials and normally a very good one.