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Sadly, I had an umpire ask me the following question...
If a fly ball passes 3B in fair territory, then curves foul and out of play, is that a ground rule double?
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Had a catcher that was a BIG kid and liked to set-up close to the plate. Made it tough for me to get a good look at the ball hitting the mitt.
Pitch comes in, batter swings and misses. DEFENSIVE coach starts yelling, "Come on, Blue, you got to call that!". I'm scratching my head. I did call it- it was a strike. The coach is getting more and more vocal about how I "missed that call". I figure that maybe I should talk to the coach real quick and see what's up. Me: Okay, coach, what's the problem. Coach: How can you miss that? You've got to call that! The batter can't do that! Somebody is going to get hurt! Me: What exactly is it you think I missed? (I didn't see it or hear anything unusual). Coach: The batter hit the catcher's mitt! That's interference! Me: Coach, I was blocked out and didn't see it. I'll watch for it, but in the meantime you might want to tell your catcher to back off the plate a bit. Coach: (still not satisfied) Come on, Blue. You have to call that! Me: Are you sure you want me to call that? Coach: Yes. Me: Are you really, really sure? Coach: YES! Me: Okay. If you insist....(loudly) That's obstruction! You (pointing at batter), first base! Last edited by BretMan; Tue Mar 31, 2009 at 09:16pm. |
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A sad/funny one about another umpire I worked with...
I'm on the plate, parther in "A", right-handed batter. Pitch comes in low and batter checks his swing. I call "Ball". Catcher asks me to check with partner on the checked swing. I step out from behind the plate, point to my partner and ask, "Did he go?". My partner gives me a deer in the headlights look, stands there for a few seconds and then....shrugs his shoulders! |
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I agree its ok to laugh!
There are those games/tournaments/times when its all business, for me its not all the time though. You have a lot less problems if you develop a working relationship with those involved, learn names, and treat em with respect and have a little fun. If you try to be dictator-in-chief you'll earn yourself a bunch of trouble and on the other side, some D head coaches try to make that impossible. The extreme side of having a little fun at the right moment is the dancing bear umpire who is putting on a show for everyone - thats almost as bad as the ultra anal umpire running around left field checking shirt tucks and bandaids.
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Hard line drive down first base line. BR leading catcher and I trailing. Ball hits the line. Catcher yells out "FOUL BALL!!!!". BR stops and turns to question my judgement only to find me pointing furiously fair. He resumes running and I stick out my left arm but right fielder is now taking his time chasing down the "foul ball". BR takes a wide turn at third, thinks better of it since the ball has finally been retrieved and returns to third. Time. I award BR home on the obstruction.
Defense tries to argue that it was only verbal and I can't call it Obs. Sorry fellas your catcher yelled something reserved for me. Defense now tries to argue that it also obstructed their fielder. Sigh. Sorry fellas no rule against interfering with a team mate. |
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this happened to me my very first game. No one on, and I was set up too close to foul line behind first. F3 moved into my line of vision and I didn't see the play. Catcher askes PU to check with me on check swing. PU points at me and asks. I've officiated enough other sports to know that if I don't know differently - I'm sticking with PU's call. I gave a strong signal. Following game on way to car he was laughing. Said he knew I didn't see it but asked anyway to see what I would do. Told me he'd be happy to work with me again. I've adjusted my positioning!
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If not, could you please post a photo?
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This is one that I thought about doing just last night, but my partner encouraged me not to.
This was a big cross town rivalry type game. Some guy in the bleachers had his tired old line of "Come on, ump, you are controlling the game." I so badly wanted to walk over to him and say, "Thank you sir, for recognizing the efforts of myself and my partner in doing an otherwise thankless job. I really do appreciate you letting these naysayers around you know exactly what our job is, to control the game. You sir, are truly a rare gem." My partner threatened to leave the field if I did say that to him.
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