Plate Conf WTH?

[BretMan]

That's the other one that drives me batty. You're the plate umpire trying to do things the way you're supposed to, but the base umpire has to interject himself over top of every other word, usually with arcane rules references or silly glad-handing comments to the coaches.

Here is my routine for the plate conference when I'm the base umpire...stand there and shut up!

The other one you get with some of these "local hero/legends in their own mind" types is the conference that starts off something like, "We don't want to hear any arguments today and this is your only warning...". Then it goes downhill from there...

But I must admit...I have never had a partner show up at the plate conference with a snowcone!