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Jun 6, 2024
11:55:21am

PhilPete Political Junky

I'm totally cool with bad umps as long as they are consistently bad. I too have

a hard time getting upset with them.

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PhilPete

Previous username: philpete84041
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Joined: Sep 24, 2003
Last login: Jun 30, 2024
Total posts: 27,364 (28 FO)

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Picture this: LL tourney scrimmage. Umpire is a friend of mine. Halfway through the game the coach says "Are you blind?"

shimmy In play, run(s)

Jun 6, 11:36am

Between 4 sons, I’ve attended a minimum of 700 youth baseball games in the last 7-9 years. Never once have I ever even

Zach Morris

Jun 6, 11:51am

I'm totally cool with bad umps as long as they are consistently bad. I too have

PhilPete

Jun 6, 11:55am

unless it is a state tournament, you have to be cool with umps being inconsistently bad. our team has been screwed by

shimmy

Jun 6, 12:02pm

How much of "inconsistently" bad is personal bias? Yes, timing of bad calls

PhilPete

Jun 6, 12:05pm

guess it all depends. Our little league has parent umps (a horrible way to save a buck). When a dad doesn't ring his

shimmy

Jun 6, 12:08pm

I coached a ton of comp baseball. There weren't very many bad umps. There also

PhilPete

Jun 6, 12:27pm

I have coached probably 100 little league games and have never gotten mad at the ump. I have yelled at other coaches

shimmy

Jun 6, 12:00pm

I yelled my dismay at a call in a football game and then the ref changed the cal

fattycoug

Jun 6, 2:09pm

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