The pesky little things that annoy you...

[blueump]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

And most of all, whoever invented the idea that previous umps mistakes apply to this game.

Yeah! for once I'd like to meet those "umpires who called our last game" that said blah! blah! blah!

[emaxos]

Not an official but on your side of things.
My biggest pet peeve lately is catchers that threaten a throw to a base each and every pitch instead of just throwing it back to the pitcher.
Worse than that is a catcher that runs halfway to an occupied base every pitch.

[RPatrino]

Pitch splits the plate at the waist, you ring it up. From the bench you hear " thats not you...(fill in the name)" Very next pitch, same place, batter laces it for a hit.

I want to say, " I guess it was you...."

[IRISHMAFIA]

For those who do the real softball game, don't you just love the slow-pitch batter who tells you he cannot swing until he takes a strike.

I usually reply, "No problem, I'll take care of that for you".

[mcrowder]

Originally Posted by emaxos

Not an official but on your side of things.
My biggest pet peeve lately is catchers that threaten a throw to a base each and every pitch instead of just throwing it back to the pitcher.
Worse than that is a catcher that runs halfway to an occupied base every pitch.

Worse than that are the 4 parents yelling, "Walk her back, Susie!!!"

[BuggBob]

The "other" ump, I hate him. This is from an article I wrote for our news letter.

The worst umpire ever!

There is an umpire in our association that I absolutely hate. I would go so far as to say every time I met him I want to punch him in the nose. This umpire makes the worst call, has the worst attitude, is never properly dressed, doesn’t know the rules, is a lazy goof-off, and is apparently does more games that anyone else in the association. Who is the weasel? The Other Umpire.

Have you ever made a call or enforced a rule only to hear from the players about what the other umpire did or didn’t do? The other umpire didn’t make us do that, or the other umpire let us, or the other umpire made us. The other umpire is so often plain wrong I wonder how he got onto the field in the first place. These are some of the comments made to me by players this week.

The other umpire told us you have to slide at home.
The other umpire allowed this bat in the game last week.
The other umpire didn’t make us remove our jewelry.
The other umpire said you don’t have to tag-up on an in field fly.
The other umpire said you get 1 + 1 on an over throw.
The other umpire said you only get one base on an overthrow from the out field.

How many of you hate this guy too? Lets vote him out of the association, banish him forever, send him far away. How can we rid ourselves of this horrible umpire? Simply by being better umpires ourselves. The other umpire can’t stand the light of common sense, good understanding of the rules, and proper on field mechanics. He crumbles to dust at the mere mention of reading the rule book. He heads for the hills every time we attend a clinic or an umpire school. Every time we act as a team and make the same call the same way, or correctly enforce to rules the other umpire is ejected from the game.

Let us send this guy packing.