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Old Wed Oct 25, 2006, 01:28pm
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As a youngster (16 yo), I umpired (baseball) in a league that had a hard time getting someone to coach a team. Teams were neighborhood/development related. This one team finally got a former semi-pro player to manage. After having tossed him a half-dozen times in a month, I finally forfeited a game when he refused to leave.

He came after me while changing out of my uniform. He told me he was going to kick my *** and took a swing. Well, back then, masks were basically made of cast iron and I just happened to be holding mine in my left hand when we took a shot. Dumb sh*t broke his hand on my mask as I moved it in front of me for protection. Sometimes the feather weight masks may not be the best suited for the job at hand.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
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As a youngster (16 yo), I umpired (baseball) in a league that had a hard time getting someone to coach a team. Teams were neighborhood/development related. This one team finally got a former semi-pro player to manage. After having tossed him a half-dozen times in a month, I finally forfeited a game when he refused to leave.

He came after me while changing out of my uniform. He told me he was going to kick my *** and took a swing. Well, back then, masks were basically made of cast iron and I just happened to be holding mine in my left hand when we took a shot. Dumb sh*t broke his hand on my mask as I moved it in front of me for protection. Sometimes the feather weight masks may not be the best suited for the job at hand.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
... a couple of years ago, they made threatening or attacking a sports official a felony. You gotta realize, down here, when they say, "Kill the ump!" they might be packing anything from blades to bazookas!
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Old Mon Oct 30, 2006, 10:34am
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... a couple of years ago, they made threatening or attacking a sports official a felony. You gotta realize, down here, when they say, "Kill the ump!" they might be packing anything from blades to bazookas!
As a matter of principle, I do not approve of our modern republic's tendency to create boutique feel-good laws. After all, making something illegal has never, in the history of civilization, stopped the behavior from happening. Assault, assault and battery, etc. on up through the escalation of the criminal laws should be sufficient regardless of the "special class" of the victim. JMO.
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Old Mon Oct 30, 2006, 10:55am
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... a couple of years ago, they made threatening or attacking a sports official a felony. You gotta realize, down here, when they say, "Kill the ump!" they might be packing anything from blades to bazookas!
Not in CA.

It has its own penal code section, but the punishment is about the same as any other assault/battery. Many umps in CA believe it is a felony, and I did too, until I had a situation that caused me to actually look it up.
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Old Mon Oct 30, 2006, 06:04pm
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As a youngster (16 yo), I umpired (baseball) in a league that had a hard time getting someone to coach a team. Teams were neighborhood/development related. This one team finally got a former semi-pro player to manage. After having tossed him a half-dozen times in a month, I finally forfeited a game when he refused to leave.
You did this at 16? And I thought I had a mis-spent adolesence...
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Old Mon Oct 30, 2006, 06:25pm
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I suppose as umpires we're going to have to start wearing gun belts and carrying tazers
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Old Mon Oct 30, 2006, 06:32pm
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You did this at 16? And I thought I had a mis-spent adolesence...
Actually, I started a month or so before my 14th birthday
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