inumpire
Observer, but has an opinion
- Oct 31, 2014
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I love when Grandpa Joe comes to his first Rec ball game and starts in on the umps. But it's okay at the MLB game he went to the night before.
Not a youth by any means but I've been working a lot of local youth community games. Twice recently, my wife has asked me to "pick up dinner on the way home" and I have basically spent my game fee. Thinking about making up a sign that says, "Will work for pizza"It comes from a lack of perspective, and a lack of filter. That said, there's a BIG difference between a MLB umpire who is paid six figures as a career professional and a youth umpire making, at best, some going-out-to-dinner money.
AddIt comes from a lack of perspective, and a lack of filter. That said, there's a BIG difference between a MLB umpire who is paid six figures as a career professional and a youth umpire making, at best, some going-out-to-dinner money.
Illegal pitches are almost always called in response to a coach complaint at lower levels.Here's a pro tip for fans who have never umpired. If the umps haven't called an illegal pitch after the first 3 times you screamed for it, they probably won't. In fact, you just made it almost impossible for them to call one without igniting a firestorm from the other team as well because they reacted to a fan's suggestions. Same goes for a pitch "in exactly the same spot", etc.
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Monkey see ~ Monkey do
The old myth/tradition fans bark at the umpires, refs, officials.
How does that change?
A sign at the field?
'in an effort to show respect for the officials we ask that you limit your voices to a Soft whisper'