default
Member
If any of you wanted to see bad calls...You should have been at the Gem City this weekend!!! nuff said....
Musty, that is a great play...
If the umpire don't know the rule... or has a "brain toot" ... no fault of your DD's - right?
Something like " coloring outside of the lines" come to mind in that way of thinking by your DD...
An opposing coach at the GAPSS 10u was thrown out, because he said ?your strike zone is ridiculous?. He did not scream it at all! I didn?t even here him! Asked the umpire what he said & that was it! Wow, I think if you?re wearing blue your skin should be a little thicker?
I'm sorry folks but after having "been around" for a while, I just don't see where loudly or violently arguing with an umpire is going to get you anywhere.
I know that they are paid, I know that you paid money to play. But for the love of Pete, it is a game. If you win, what do you get??? A piece if metal or cheap plastic. Maybe a little chest pumping.
Is a piece of cheap plastic really worth getting your blood pressure up and making a spectacle of yourself? With all of the other things going on in the world and your neighborhood, this is what you are going to stand up for and argue?
I have been there. In my younger days when I was a coach, I would argue at the drop of a hat because I wasn't going to let someone get something over on my team. Been there, done that. But what did I prove or get for doing that? Absolutely nothing.
What if during a game, the umpires were to stop the game and point out when a coach or player were to make a mistake, I know that I for one would feel pretty small. I know that I have made coaching mistakes before and I definately made them as a player.
There is a proper way to voice disapproval of a call or an umpire's performance. I just pray that when the time comes for that, I can remember not to let my emotions get the better of me and follow the correct path.
As coaches, we want parents to wait 24 hours before contacting you about any issues that arose from the past weekend. Why do you do this? You do this to allow the parents to "cool-off" and look at all of the factors. What if, when you have to disagree with an umpires call, you immediately call time, and then slowly walk to the umpire, counting to 20 as you walk. Then, by the time you get there, you have defused your emotions some and now you can present an argument based on fact and not emotion. What the heck, give it a try.
I'll get down now from my box before I fall and break my other leg.
....I know that they are paid, I know that you paid money to play. But for the love of Pete, it is a game. If you win, what do you get??? A piece if metal or cheap plastic. Maybe a little chest pumping.
Is a piece of cheap plastic really worth getting your blood pressure up and making a spectacle of yourself? With all of the other things going on in the world and your neighborhood, this is what you are going to stand up for and argue?
I'm sorry folks but after having "been around" for a while, I just don't see where loudly or violently arguing with an umpire is going to get you anywhere.
I know that they are paid, I know that you paid money to play. But for the love of Pete, it is a game. If you win, what do you get??? A piece if metal or cheap plastic. Maybe a little chest pumping.
Is a piece of cheap plastic really worth getting your blood pressure up and making a spectacle of yourself? With all of the other things going on in the world and your neighborhood, this is what you are going to stand up for and argue?
I have been there. In my younger days when I was a coach, I would argue at the drop of a hat because I wasn't going to let someone get something over on my team. Been there, done that. But what did I prove or get for doing that? Absolutely nothing.
What if during a game, the umpires were to stop the game and point out when a coach or player were to make a mistake, I know that I for one would feel pretty small. I know that I have made coaching mistakes before and I definately made them as a player.
There is a proper way to voice disapproval of a call or an umpire's performance. I just pray that when the time comes for that, I can remember not to let my emotions get the better of me and follow the correct path.
As coaches, we want parents to wait 24 hours before contacting you about any issues that arose from the past weekend. Why do you do this? You do this to allow the parents to "cool-off" and look at all of the factors. What if, when you have to disagree with an umpires call, you immediately call time, and then slowly walk to the umpire, counting to 20 as you walk. Then, by the time you get there, you have defused your emotions some and now you can present an argument based on fact and not emotion. What the heck, give it a try.
I'll get down now from my box before I fall and break my other leg.
I think the majority of "bad umpire" arguments are more a result of lack of rule knowledge than just bad judgement calls. I really believe the OFC has played a major role in this. Not a bad role, but it has educated a great number of people on rules via bretman questions, "case studies", etc. Every weekend there are more than a few threads that start out like, "Had this situation this weekend, whats the correct call...." After multiple seasons of these "situations" OFCers are much more educated about rules. I had one aunt this year holler out the correct rule to another coach who was arguing for one of bretman's so called myth rules. We weren't even playing yet, we were the next game. She would have never known that if the OFC hadn't existed.
Bretman,
Had this happen to me. Son batting 7th and was in dugout, next to backstop, which was where I was sitting...
By the way...if the coach said this to the umpire and you "didn't even hear it", how do you know for sure that he hadn't said anything else like this before that?
I think that the beloved and cherished aunt would have chosen to not speak up if she had known how insanely crazy that out-of-state team was going to get when they lost later ;&;&