Your chance to wipe out a bad mechanic

[MD Longhorn]

OK... it's you're chance. You get to wave your wand and pick one bad mechanic and erase it from the minds of the entire country of umpires.

Do you pick BU's who have to go remind the new F1 that there's a runner on 2nd, 1 out?

Do you pick umpires who run around the field with the DDB signal, holding it there until they get to the base they're protected to?

Do you pick PU who has to go chat with the crowd between half-innings?

Do you pick the PU who yells PLAY after every foul ball so loudly and so late that he's nearly caused illegal pitches?

Or something else entirely - what's you're umpire pet peeve you wish you could fix?

Me ... I'm going with the first one, wishing I had 4 wishes...

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Do you pick umpires who run around the field with the DDB signal, holding it there until they get to the base they're protected to?

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I don't have a problem with this one as long as the umpire isn't running around like a chicken with a broken wing.

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

OK... it's you're chance. You get to wave your wand and pick one bad mechanic and erase it from the minds of the entire country of umpires.

Do you pick BU's who have to go remind the new F1 that there's a runner on 2nd, 1 out?

Do you pick umpires who run around the field with the DDB signal, holding it there until they get to the base they're protected to?

Do you pick PU who has to go chat with the crowd between half-innings?

Do you pick the PU who yells PLAY after every foul ball so loudly and so late that he's nearly caused illegal pitches?

Or something else entirely - what's you're umpire pet peeve you wish you could fix?

Me ... I'm going with the first one, wishing I had 4 wishes...

I don't get four choices?

For some reason the first one irritates me the most.

The other one I don't like is the PU who never signals play.

[youngump]

PU who calls strike and then comes out to me on the appeal.
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Class Action Settlement

[KJUmp]

BU's who signal&announce the number of outs to the defense.

[NCASAUmp]

"31" instead of "3 balls, 1 strike!"

Or how about the PU screaming "foul ball" when it goes 40 feet over the fence?

[okla21fan]

Removing my mask with my right hand (20+ years of a catcher habit is hard to break)

[CelticNHBlue]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Or how about the PU screaming "foul ball" when it goes 40 feet over the fence?

Mostly when it is the over the home run fence!!!

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by KJUmp

BU's who signal&announce the number of outs to the defense.

And who signal foul balls, especially prematurely.

And signal the count when not announced by PU.

[MD Longhorn]

Ugh yes. And PU's who signal or call foul ball prematurely.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by youngump

PU who calls strike and then comes out to me on the appeal.

Or the other side of the coin, a BU who responds to a player's ask.

[MichaelVA2000]

Or...the PU that always signals foul tip when the batted ball is actually a foul ball.

[shipwreck]

We had an older umpire during the summer while working the plate, would consistently bring on the field and hang on the fence a big beach towel and a folding chair along with about a 2 gallon water jug. This was fastpitch and of course he wore shorts and even if he wore pants, the shin guards were on the outside. Dave

[umpirebob71]

Originally Posted by shipwreck

We had an older umpire during the summer while working the plate, would consistently bring on the field and hang on the fence a big beach towel and a folding chair along with about a 2 gallon water jug. This was fastpitch and of course he wore shorts and even if he wore pants, the shin guards were on the outside. Dave

That's the UIC's fault for allowing that to happen.

[shipwreck]

Originally Posted by umpirebob71

That's the UIC's fault for allowing that to happen.

Yea, just like almost everything that is posted on this subject. The UIC should stop most of these things. Dave