The state of the game.

[Al]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

And you wonder why some youth of this country have a feeling of entitlement. The "if it's not nailed down, it must belong to me" attitude is not a very good report on the parenting skills of our society.

Hey Mike,

One time while umping by myself I had a lousy position and had to make a call. I was not 100% sure that a tag was made. I was however able to get a good enough look where it looked like the glove made slight contact so I called the runner out. I had very little noise on it so most observers must have agreed the tag was made. I knew the fielder and after the game I asked her if she touched the runner and she said yes. She went on to say her coach told all of his players if an umpire ever asks you if you made a tag tell him/her yes even if you missed the tag. So much for honesty. I told her I would rather tell the truth even if it meant losing the game, and she agreed. Any coach that would tell his team to lie is a disgrace and IMO should not even be allowed to coach young players. The kids are there to learn and to have fun; not to learn how to cheat in order to give them a better chance to win. As a parent, if my kid told me her coach said that I would go to that coach and say I don't appreciate you telling my kid, or any other kid to lie.

Pretty bad when adults would make liars out of kids so HIS team can win! ..Al