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Fri May 13, 2005, 09:54am
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Last night, 10U. Close game, I'm BU. PU was extremely consistent, with a slightly bigger zone than normal (which both coaches and most players have come to expect at that age --- we all want them swinging and learning, not walking... and walking... and walking.)
Game ends 12-11, and I leave the field to go get my plate gear on for the 14U game following. As I'm exiting the dugout, a parent stops me, and starts berating me for the horrible strikezone of my partner. "How long has he been umpiring! That was awful! This guy's never seen a strikezone!" My first thought... "Oh crap, went through the wrong dugout"! I tried one sentence (probably a mistake) - "Ma'am - if we called this strikezone (pantomiming a normal one), the girls would just walk all day, every game would be 15-15, and no one would learn anything." She continues laying into me and I walk off. I get maybe 15 feet from her when I hear coach yelling. This coach is the most mild-mannered guy around, and I've never heard him utter even the slightest disappointment at a call by the umpire. I glance over my shoulder to see if he's coming after me. Coach is laying into the parent. "Don't you ever do that in front of my dugout again. That's not the attitude we should be having our kids learn from." It was greatness. After I'm dressed and approaching the field (on the other side!) for the next game, coach approaches with his hand extended and apologizes profusely for his parent's behavior. What a great guy - I wish ALL coaches were more like this guy. 
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Fri May 13, 2005, 09:59am
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And this was in Texas?
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Fri May 13, 2005, 10:01am
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The bat issue in softball is as much about liability, insurance and litigation as it is about competition, inflated egos and softball.
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Fri May 13, 2005, 10:22am
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Aw now. Don't y'all bag on my state!
 And this guy was probably a Texan. If not a Texan, definitely from the good ole south. Probably why I like this guy so much.
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Fri May 13, 2005, 12:15pm
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Scott It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it.
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Fri May 13, 2005, 12:19pm
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Wow maybe there's hope for the coaching fraternity after all
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Fri May 13, 2005, 12:35pm
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I've actually had a coach (for an 18U team) ask a parent who was yelling at the umpire to leave the area with no prompting or other action at all from the umpire.
There do exist such coaches.
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Fri May 13, 2005, 02:46pm
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Is LIIRISHMAN kinfolks Mike?
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glen _______________________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." --Mark Twain.
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Sun May 15, 2005, 09:36pm
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I actually had a coach stick up for my call during a game. Situation: Bases loaded with one out. Batter hits a slow roller to 1st base who comes up and puts a tag on batter-runner. She flips the ball to home plate, for what all the parents think is a double play. Except, they forgot it wasn't a force at the plate. After I make a huge sell safe call, they are all over me. I hear head coach say something to the effect of "It was the right call. That wasn't a force play, she had to make the tag and we've been working on this."
I felt so vindicated.
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