I Should have known it wasn't gonna be my night...

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Ed Maeder

I don't do SP because our local umpire association and our local ASA association doesn't back us up when we take care of business. A small percentage of people that play make it bad for everyone else and when we take charge and heaven forbid have to eject someone, we are the ones that are reprimanded. Most of our senior umpires will no longer do slow pitch. I gave my association the respect that I expect in return for 20 some odd years but will no longer deal with the system here.

One of our local leagues has the same problem where the guy running the league sides more with the players than he does the umpires. I tossed a guy for giving me too much lip on an obvious call, who then proceeded to call me everything under the sun, cursing, swearing, all the way to the parking lot. Big scene. The director only issued 1-game suspension.

Another umpire I work with was umpiring in the same league (different field, though), and was overheard saying "oh, I'd have thrown his a$$ out." Didn't say it too loudly, only a few people heard it. The director insisted to our assignor that the umpire be suspended for TWO WEEKS.

Once I'd heard that, I asked my assignor not to assign me to that town whenever possible. The director comes from a player's background, and he doesn't provide us the backing we need to do our jobs properly. My assignor knows my reasons, and he has been good enough to honor my request. However, he knows that if he really got into a bind, I'd help him out and call that town's games, despite my strong distaste for this director.