I appreciate people who know the game and are willing to be a part of it. I also appreciate all the men and women that are willing to umpire. Especially when there is a shortage of umpires and even more of a struggle to find competent umpires.
With that being said- last night at an away game we had an umpire that was too slow to keep up with the game. He admitted to his partner and thanked him for covering a run down that he could not get to, "Thanks Tom, I am just too slow to get there anymore." I timed him once walking from behind the catcher to clean off the plate and it took three and a half minutes. That did not include him getting back into position and putting his mask on. He could not get in a low enough crouch to be in good position to call balls and strikes. Sorry for the rant but was just frustrating for him to then turn to the dugout to tell the girls to hustle in and hustle out like he had to get out of there. He did that to both teams multiple times right after the third out was made.
Sorry rant over.
With that being said- last night at an away game we had an umpire that was too slow to keep up with the game. He admitted to his partner and thanked him for covering a run down that he could not get to, "Thanks Tom, I am just too slow to get there anymore." I timed him once walking from behind the catcher to clean off the plate and it took three and a half minutes. That did not include him getting back into position and putting his mask on. He could not get in a low enough crouch to be in good position to call balls and strikes. Sorry for the rant but was just frustrating for him to then turn to the dugout to tell the girls to hustle in and hustle out like he had to get out of there. He did that to both teams multiple times right after the third out was made.
Sorry rant over.