This may be the thinnest skinned umpire ever (if true)

[CoachTEA]

Folks, let me begin by saying I wasn't there and there might be like Paul Harvey says "more to the story", but while we were in Akron yesterday my daughter gets a text message from a friend (and high school teammate) saying that she just got kicked out of a tournament game in Dayton for giving the umpire a "dirty look"!!! No words, no hand gestures --- just a dirty look. Now this kid, by her own admission, can have RBF (if you are not familiar with the term ask your daughter and she will enlightened you), but when have we started ejecting players for a glare???

I am in my early 50's and I started umpiring at the tender age of 13 and I still umpire here and there. In my umpire training we were instructed how to maintain control of a game, but we were also advised against having "rabbit ears" --- there is no need to respond to every little comments unless those comments cross a line and start to adversely impact the game experience for all. I am proud to say in my 16+ years of coaching youth sports, I have never been ejected from a game but there are a handful of times I should have been tossed. Like I said I wasn't there and I sincerely hope there was more than a glare or dirty look to merit an ejection.

 

[Static_97_North]

My oldest daughter played in Dayton this weekend and we heard the exact same story. With that being said we were also getting ready to play and the plate umpire that came to our field was the one that threw her out. I thought the guy did a nice job and there were no issues but we did not have any close calls either.

 

[MadT]

My oldest daughter played in Dayton this weekend and we heard the exact same story. With that being said we were also getting ready to play and the plate umpire that came to our field was the one that threw her out. I thought the guy did a nice job and there were no issues but we did not have any close calls either.

Over by fields 5,8, and 10 the umpires were terrible in Dayton this weekend!!!

 

[FastBat]

In my umpire training we were instructed how to maintain control of a game, but we were also advised against having "rabbit ears" --- there is no need to respond to every little comments unless those comments cross a line and start to adversely impact the game experience for all.

I agree, umps can't have rabbit ears/eyes. I would have just opened up the strike zone on her at bat, lol! Now, it looks like the ump was wrong.

 

[Pacerdad57]

My big complaint about Dayton was lack of field prep. No batters boxes
When we arrived Friday morning, circle and baselines were not touched up all weekend.
Shoddy at best. The lack of boxes got a Chicago coach tossed in our last game Friday. Ump called a batter out for being in fair territory when she hit. Had to have been his best guess, cuz there certainly weren't any lines to see from the get go.
All in all a shoddily run affair for at least field conditions in my book. So far haven't been impressed with this tourney org at any of their locations.....

 

[MadT]

My bid complaint about Dayton was lack of field prep. No batters boxes
When we arrived Friday morning, circle and baselines were not touched up all weekend.
Shoddy at best. My he lack of boxes got a Chicago coach tossed in our last game Friday. Ump called a batter out for being in fair territory when she hit. Had to have been his best guess, cuz there certainly weren't any lines to see from the get go.
All in all a shoddily run affair for at least field conditions in my book. So far haven't been impressed with this tourney org at any of their locations.....

well said!!!!!!!

 

[CoachTEA]

My bid complaint about Dayton was lack of field prep. No batters boxes
When we arrived Friday morning, circle and baselines were not touched up all weekend.
Shoddy at best. My he lack of boxes got a Chicago coach tossed in our last game Friday. Ump called a batter out for being in fair territory when she hit. Had to have been his best guess, cuz there certainly weren't any lines to see from the get go.
All in all a shoddily run affair for at least field conditions in my book. So far haven't been impressed with this tourney org at any of their locations.....

Mark - I avoid Dayton tournaments (specifically Kettering Fields) because of the shoddy fields and poor umpiring. There some events like the Dayton Metro draw great competition but I have even heard college coaches complain about the venue.

 

[Pacerdad57]

I certainly didn't see any coaches/scouts at the his tourney. They had the 14u teams playing up by the pavilion and the 16u were on the back fields. Overall not impressive. Malik's like to see what the usssa does for tourneys.

 

[#4mom]

Umps at this tournament were awful all weekend!!!

 

[backstop09]

...but when have we started ejecting players for a glare???...

So what should the umpire have done - ignored the behavior and let her get away with it? The adult umpire is in charge, not the teenage players.

 

[crystlemc]

If every umpire ejected everyone who gave them a "look", nobody would ever be playing or coaching. It sounds like she bruised his ego.

 

[gcg3refs]

You cannot ignore the behavior, however, umpires can also give the "look" (mask off and glare) or just straight out warn her - "that's enough", then eject next time. Ejections for a first offense are for the egregious acts - personal verbal assaults, swearing, malicious contact, etc. Showing up an ump can get also get you ejected, depending on the level of showing up the ump.

 

[Pacerdad57]

Showing up the ump can also lose your team a lot of calls......
Be it balls/strikes or close plays