Slappers
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And I'm not very happy about it. He blew three calls at third and the first blown call was in favor of me. All three plays were at 3rd and involved tags.
The first girl was mine and she was out by a mile. I'm talking not even close. Called her safe. The other team appealed to the HPU and my pitcher overheard him say that if he thought she was safe, he wasn't going to change his call.
Second play was on a ground ball to SS and runner on 2nd. Ball was hit behind runner and SS made a great play and made the throw to 3rd. Glove was between base and runners foot. Safe. I tried to appeal to HPU and field umpire said we weren't going to do this every play.
Third play was a steal. Catcher bobbled pitch and runner at 2nd took off. Same inning as second play. Girl slides to the outfield side of the bag and the tag actually swept her right hand off the base as left had was along her side. Safe. I lost it.
AC tried to appeal to HPU and field umpire got really angry. He told us we weren't going to challenge every call he made. I told him to make the right calls and we wouldn't have to. Tried to explain that he didn't have the best vantage point seeing as how he was behind the SS how could he even see the base or anything else that was going on. He yelled back "where am I supposed to stand" and I need to read the rules of baseball and he was positioned where the 3rd base umpire would be positioned. Well that isn't true and he wasn't the 3rd base ump, he was the field ump.
The other teams 3rd base coach calmed me down. He was just as frustrated. It's hard to watch the girls make plays to only have them blown by the umpire. My team or the other. Believe me when I say I am against replays and any of that stuff simply because I like the human element of the game. Weird? Probably but to me, blown calls are a part of the game. But this was just too much for me to handle.
I didn't get ejected, not that I thought I should because other than questioning him I didn't really do anything wrong. I never really "yelled" per se, may have had a bit of an edge on my tone and my voice was raised but I can control myself. It isn't like I was cussing and throwing buckets and such as I have seen done.
Regardless, I apologized to him Sunday morning....even though I know he was wrong. I also did it in front of my players and parents. Not sure that matters, but I thought it was the right thing to do.
The first girl was mine and she was out by a mile. I'm talking not even close. Called her safe. The other team appealed to the HPU and my pitcher overheard him say that if he thought she was safe, he wasn't going to change his call.
Second play was on a ground ball to SS and runner on 2nd. Ball was hit behind runner and SS made a great play and made the throw to 3rd. Glove was between base and runners foot. Safe. I tried to appeal to HPU and field umpire said we weren't going to do this every play.
Third play was a steal. Catcher bobbled pitch and runner at 2nd took off. Same inning as second play. Girl slides to the outfield side of the bag and the tag actually swept her right hand off the base as left had was along her side. Safe. I lost it.
AC tried to appeal to HPU and field umpire got really angry. He told us we weren't going to challenge every call he made. I told him to make the right calls and we wouldn't have to. Tried to explain that he didn't have the best vantage point seeing as how he was behind the SS how could he even see the base or anything else that was going on. He yelled back "where am I supposed to stand" and I need to read the rules of baseball and he was positioned where the 3rd base umpire would be positioned. Well that isn't true and he wasn't the 3rd base ump, he was the field ump.
The other teams 3rd base coach calmed me down. He was just as frustrated. It's hard to watch the girls make plays to only have them blown by the umpire. My team or the other. Believe me when I say I am against replays and any of that stuff simply because I like the human element of the game. Weird? Probably but to me, blown calls are a part of the game. But this was just too much for me to handle.
I didn't get ejected, not that I thought I should because other than questioning him I didn't really do anything wrong. I never really "yelled" per se, may have had a bit of an edge on my tone and my voice was raised but I can control myself. It isn't like I was cussing and throwing buckets and such as I have seen done.
Regardless, I apologized to him Sunday morning....even though I know he was wrong. I also did it in front of my players and parents. Not sure that matters, but I thought it was the right thing to do.