Cannonball
Ex "Expert"
- Feb 25, 2009
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I do share the concerns here of some umpires and safety. It is their job to enforce the rules but also worry about safety. Isn't that the background behind so my of the most recent rules changes? BTW, I have been sued as an umpire/rec director. Yes, back in the day I was a rec director. We had a game where an adult softball player claimed that the hole in the batter's box was responsible for an injury he sustained in a game. He and his lawyers then added to the lawsuit that I was umpiring the game and did not have my umpire's patch. Therefore, the basis of the lawsuit was that I allowed play on an unsafe field and was not a sanctioned umpire. We easily won the lawsuit and I could prove that I had my ASA patch for over a decade at that point. I was filling in for an umpire that was stuck in traffic after a car crash and could not get around the crash. As an FYI, that was a very long time ago and so, keep that in mind.