And you thought you saw some bad umpiring......
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I am waiting for video of my game last week to be posted somewhere ... if anybody sees a video of a 13u baseball "state championship" game that ends in chaos and umpires walking off under police protection, let me know.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to highjack the thread ... I am still decompressing from it. I sat down and finally handwrote the notes of my account this week. I think it was the single worst day of my umpiring career. The heat and humidity were dangerous (not just miserable, DANGEROUS) all day (it was 85 degrees at 10:00 first pitch). We had players going down and throwing up on the turf, umpires going down (one was taken off in an ambulance to rehydrate him at the ER) ...
On top of that, the parents were atrocious all day. Combine the heat, it being a state tournament, and (this may be unfair of me, but I will say it) a massively overinflated sense of self-entitlement from a well-to-do area ... it was a recipe for disaster and we were gourmet chefs.
Yeah ... I will try to post it later tonight. I'm still not ready. Honestly, I have had bad moments, bad games, and bad days, but this is the first time I have felt actual trauma from umpiring.
On top of that, the parents were atrocious all day. Combine the heat, it being a state tournament, and (this may be unfair of me, but I will say it) a massively overinflated sense of self-entitlement from a well-to-do area ... it was a recipe for disaster and we were gourmet chefs.
Yeah ... I will try to post it later tonight. I'm still not ready. Honestly, I have had bad moments, bad games, and bad days, but this is the first time I have felt actual trauma from umpiring.
radness
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Geeeez
Hug to you Sir !
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How ridiculous is that.
Freaken TERRIBLE
However lets learn from it
FINISH THE PLAYNO MATTER WHATIt's not just the umpire's confusion, but also the team taking advantage of the situation. If this was a HS playoff game, that coach should be fired. Blatant cheating. How does that a-hole go to sleep that night? How do the parents and players of that team not realize what they're doing?
I saw this video the day after hit happened. Even weeks later I can't fathom how 3 umpires got together and discussed this play and let it stand. How did all 3 forget it was a foul ball? This is one of the very few instances where, had I been the coach of the team on defense and they let the play stand, they would probably have needed to arrest me in order to let the game continue. I umpire and will no doubt make mistakes, but I pray if I ever make one this bad that I will have a partner who will make sure we fix it.
I understand what you're saying, but I actually wonder if the reaction of the defense to try and make a play at the end influenced the umpires. I wonder if they had just thrown the ball back to the pitcher and said "it was a foul ball" if something would have clicked for the umpires. Simply awful situation though. No excuse for getting it that wrong.How ridiculous is that.
Freaken TERRIBLE
However lets learn from it
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Simply from my years of observations i say this
Again & Again
'The umpire is right
Even when they are wrong.'
(because they are 'officiating')
Always Hussle
Always make good throws
Everyone has a responsibility and someone should have been backing up the pitcher.
Cant relax because someone elses brain has or might!
Again & Again
'The umpire is right
Even when they are wrong.'
(because they are 'officiating')
Always Hussle
Always make good throws
Everyone has a responsibility and someone should have been backing up the pitcher.
Cant relax because someone elses brain has or might!
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