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

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Jun 6, 2024
12:02:36pm

shimmy In play, run(s)

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

umps and the worst thing you can do for your team is teach 10 year olds that it is okay to lose your cool.

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shimmy

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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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