The pesky little things that annoy you...

[SRW]

So I was thinking about the little pesky comments and situations that get under my skin on the field... nothing huge, but like, "come on, knock it off, you know better" type of situations.

- Players or coaches asking for check swing help when your partner's on the wrong side of the field.
- On-deck batters telling you they're on the opposite side for safety reasons.
- Batters who need to landscape and groom the batter's box... every pitch.
- Catchers who take forever to get and relay the pitch signal from their coach to their pitcher.

There's probably some others that I'm not thinking of at the moment.

What are yours? I'm not looking for you to tell me how to solve them, ... I'm just more interested in what things irk you.

Consider this posting the umpire's rant and b!tch session. Let's hear it, blue!

[NCASAUmp]

My signature says it all, particularly in reference to called balls or strikes.

[JefferMC]

Originally Posted by SRW

- On-deck batters telling you they're on the opposite side for safety reasons.

Well, when they're coming from Dixie Youth:

"2:10 - The on-deck batetr will use the on-deck batter's circle behind the batter that is at bat..."

Yep, it's hard to break the habit when they get old enough for NHFS, where they prohibit it around here. The travel umps seem ambivilent, as long as they don't have to hold up play for the player to run behind the plate.

[Dakota]

Catchers who think framing a pitch means moving the mitt back into the strike zone after they catch the pitch.

[Chess Ref]

People who tell the pitcher what a great pitch it was-three feet outside , followed up by pitcher continuing to throw there all day expecting me to finally realize it IS a great pitch......

[mick]

...Housekeeping things like equipment, bottles, chalklines and coaches being other than where they belong. ...Holes in fences and long grass. ...An endless supply of used balls. ...Bases and plates that move

[argodad]

"Where was that, Blue?" pitch after pitch.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Catchers who think framing a pitch means moving the mitt back into the strike zone after they catch the pitch.

That is one of my big pet peeves. I don't know how many borderline strike calls they take away from their pitcher doing that.

[SF]

I agree with the catcher's poorly "framing" pitches, that's definitely a huge pet peeve.

On the flip side, though, I hate it when pitchers throw strikes on the inside corner and batter's jump out of the way.

[NCASAUmp]

I have a personal webpage where I occasionally write rants about things that annoy me, and it just happens that this topic is similar to one I wrote about last September. What do you all think?

http://sabian.whispers.org/rants/umpires.html

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by SF

I agree with the catcher's poorly "framing" pitches, that's definitely a huge pet peeve.

On the flip side, though, I hate it when pitchers throw strikes on the inside corner and batter's jump out of the way.

Catchers that poorly frame are irritating. But let a batter jump away on a pitch that has the inside corner, watch how quick that strike gets rung up.

[AFHusker]

Originally Posted by SRW

- Batters who need to landscape and groom the batter's box... every pitch.

Along the same lines...the batter who seems to have something against home plate and feels the need to beat it up with the bat when they step into the batter's box.

[CecilOne]

How about umps whose every thought is how to finish quickly, and never about how to improve?
Or, coaches who wait until the D is on the field, the B is in the box and then report as sub?
Or umps who tell coaches they don't need to know ANY defense changes.

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

[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.