Umpire not calling the game by the rules and no protests

[angispeds]

I challenged a high school coach to get his players umpiring the last week or so of the season and early in the season sent emails to three high school coaches I knew to ask their players to consider umpiring because of the shortage of rec umpires. None of the three coaches responded to my email.

Our rec league runs their season during our high school season and starts their games before high school practice is over. I’ve suggested to them multiple times they should consider a change if they want to get players involved in coaching or umpiring and no dice


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[Gtrips07]

Our rec league runs their season during our high school season and starts their games before high school practice is over. I’ve suggested to them multiple times they should consider a change if they want to get players involved in coaching or umpiring and no dice


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I know our local school let's kids get service hours for umpiring.

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[Lobster Birch]

Besides raking in all the dough, umpires get the good parking too.

 

[Gtrips07]

Besides raking in all the dough, umpires get the good parking too.

And a discount on leftover food, too.


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[El Oso]

This happens maybe 5% of the time here. More often we're wondering where the umpire is at game time.

I'd say the AVERAGE time before game that an umpire arrives -- not shows up on the field, but puts his car into park -- is 15 minutes.

Thank you. Expectations are one thing but reality is another, hence my original post about arriving an hour early being hyperbole.

I'm envious of the people who live in places that are flush with umpires who care about doing their best, but it is frustrating when I see all the good umps who post here assuming they're the norm. You're not. You're as rare as that 12-year-old who throws 60, and assuming all umps, or even most, or even more than 1 in 5 are doing even the bare minimum is as ridiculous as the people here who act like it's normal to throw 60 when you're 12 because of that one girl at Nationals.

PREACH!

I wish I could clone the guys that post here and have them ump games where I live. I have great respect for them, as their level of professionalism is miles beyond anything I see locally. That being said, yes they are guilty of viewing these issues through the lens of personal experience only. Reckon we all are to an extent.

 

[The Man In Blue]

I am neither good nor normal. Or a clone.

And a discount on leftover food, too.

I had to really laugh hard at this. I've only worked one place that does this. Heck, most places don't even give a discount on food any more. However, my son worked his first "minor league" game (local wooden bat prep league for college players) last week. He came home with two pans of burgers, hot dogs, and corn dogs. Meanwhile, I had to pay $20 for a buffalo chicken horseshoe and a beer while watching him.

 

[_MIA_]

And a discount on leftover food, too.


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We need more umpires..trying to kill them with concession stand food isn’t going to help..

 

[RADcatcher]

We need more umpires..trying to kill them with concession stand food isn’t going to help..

PATTAR if you were to umpire your personality could really whip the fans into shape LOL

 

[Gtrips07]

I am neither good nor normal. Or a clone.





I had to really laugh hard at this. I've only worked one place that does this. Heck, most places don't even give a discount on food any more. However, my son worked his first "minor league" game (local wooden bat prep league for college players) last week. He came home with two pans of burgers, hot dogs, and corn dogs. Meanwhile, I had to pay $20 for a buffalo chicken horseshoe and a beer while watching him.

The groups are pretty good in Florida in feeding you at the big events. This is my first time not working a big event here in a while, and I'm going to miss some of the Finest BBQ I've ever had.

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[CoachJD]

PATTAR if you were to umpire your personality could really whip the fans into shape LOL

LOL his plate meeting would just be ejecting every single fan in lieu of going over the ground rules.

"Coach, are those your team's parents over there?"
"Yes"
"Tell them to get to the F%&$! parking lot."