Umpire Baiting Coach - Delay of Game?

[AtlUmpSteve]

Originally Posted by Dukat

The main problem is he is wanting out. He has been doing it a very long time and admittedly this is his final year and it shows big time. He is close to 80 years old if not over already and while I have known some really good older umpires that still love the game as much as they did when they first started and I have learned much from them over the years; I have also seen some that have lost that feeling and went longer than they should have. He is in that latter group.

Then, as an act of kindness to both him and the teams, your assignor needs to honor his wishes, and stop assigning him.