NCAA game - Assistant Coach

[Steve M]

Dave,
I don't know that I'd dump for one instance of this "Assistant coach then makes this remark "sure is funny, we were in a tournament in Arizona this year and better umpires than you never called that". Since it came from across the field, I'd be leaning toward a dump.
However, when this followed, "Then a remark about the game the other night." I'd have some paperwork to fill out & send in.

Then again, I'm not from Arizona, so............
'Course, we got some superior folks in Pa, too

[shipwreck]

In both instances, the coaches from the two different oppossing teams came up to the umpires and asked if we would watch for this infraction since they knew she pitched that way. This was right before the game started. I think the ***istant coach heard the coaches talking to us and thought we called it because they pressured us into it. You would have to be blind not to see it. Dave

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by shipwreck

In both instances, the coaches from the two different oppossing teams came up to the umpires and asked if we would watch for this infraction since they knew she pitched that way. This was right before the game started. I think the ***istant coach heard the coaches talking to us and thought we called it because they pressured us into it. You would have to be blind not to see it. Dave

Wow, thats good coaching.

So they intentionally have their pitcher illegally pitch, then gave you crap about it.

Why am I not surprised?

[shipwreck]

The funny thing about the whole thing is the coach never says anything when I call an illegal pitch with nobody on base. Get a runner on base, then call an illegal pitch and then here comes the remarks. In the first game that I called illegal pitches, I called about 6 illegal pitches with nobody on but when a runner is on second and I call her he says "good time to call an illegal pitch now" What was he watching on the 6 previous ones? Dave

[Az.Ump]

I would also like to know which college is being referred to. I probably worked that tournament. I called several illegal pitches on one team on that exact same violation.

Paul

[shipwreck]

Well I can tell you this. They are from Nebraska.

[Az.Ump]

Well I guess we were not the good umpires from Az. No teams from Nebraska, just teams from CA,UT,TX,NM,MO,KS,HI,NM,WA,AZ,IL,FL,MN,and MT.

Paul

PS: No timers were used or harmed during the entire tournament.

[Chess Ref]

Originally Posted by Az.Ump

PS: No timers were used or harmed during the entire tournament.

Believe it or not at a JV tourney game today I see something shiny on the backstop. It was a pretty nice timer attached to the fence. I checked if it worked...it didn't. . So I used my Target Timex....