Pet Peeves..........

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

75% of the time or so, pitcher / catcher know when their time is up, or their pitches are up. That 25% that's left, I generally say only where catcher can here me ... "Bring em in, catch", and they do the rest.

I think this definitely is a case of it depending on the level of play - when you have two good JV teams where the kids play travel ball, they are throwing it down after 3.....if not 1 sometimes - you have GOT to love that.....and then you have games where you have to nursemaid EVERYthing.......yuck....

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE

I think this definitely is a case of it depending on the level of play - when you have two good JV teams where the kids play travel ball, they are throwing it down after 3.....if not 1 sometimes - you have GOT to love that.....and then you have games where you have to nursemaid EVERYthing.......yuck....

Usually an "okay, let's go" to the catcher is all that is necessary. It better be since that is all the notice they are getting.

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Usually an "okay, let's go" to the catcher is all that is necessary. It better be since that is all the notice they are getting.

We do a couple of youth leagues, and when you are dealing with 8/9/10 yr olds......eccch....babysitting for an hour and 3/4...the only decent thing is that our assignor makes em pay premium fees.....$50 a game working alone.

That's as opposed to $39 for babysitting the older 'children' of our rec leagues with a partner....

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Something in another thread reminded me of another pet peeve. I'm PU, and BU decides to call for "Balls in!" (before the minute OR number of pitches is up). Worse, the BU that adds, "Comin' down!"

Another - PU that says, after an outside pitch, "Bring em in, pitcher" or after a high one, "Bring em down, pitcher". How the hello do you know she didn't throw it high or outside on purpose?

I only say it if the PU already said it, and the players probably didn't hear him/her. The PU, in my opinion, is the one who sets the tempo on the field. The BU is there to assist. Kinda like dancing: one leader, one follower.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

75% of the time or so, pitcher / catcher know when their time is up, or their pitches are up. That 25% that's left, I generally say only where catcher can here me ... "Bring em in, catch", and they do the rest.

I don't tell the catcher what to do, just "one more" or "this is last".

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Kinda like dancing: one leader, one follower.

So now we know, your real name is Arthur Murray!

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

So now we know, your real name is Arthur Murray!

Definitely not. I can't dance for ****!

Maybe Arthur Spooner...