Working solo

[Umpirechick1]

I agreed to work a 10u scrimmage by myself last night for a friend's team. Other than the jack wagon who wanted to complain about the strike zone starting with the 2nd pitch, the night was fun. 

The best part was on a check swing and out of habit, the coach yells at the catcher to "ask for help" so when the catcher turned to me, I pulled off my mask, pointed to myself and said "Did he go?" And then I quickly said "NO!"

Lots of laughs from the fans and the coaches too. 

[Stk004]

6 minutes ago, Umpirechick1 said:

I agreed to work a 10u scrimmage by myself last night for a friend's team. Other than the jack wagon who wanted to complain about the strike zone starting with the 2nd pitch, the night was fun. 

The best part was on a check swing and out of habit, the coach yells at the catcher to "ask for help" so when the catcher turned to me, I pulled off my mask, pointed to myself and said "Did he go?" And then I quickly said "NO!"

Lots of laughs from the fans and the coaches too. 

I had a coach gripe about a check swing when I was working LL juniors by myself. I wanted to take a really long step towards 1B, paired with a really exaggerated point, and yell "DID HE GO?" and just freeze there.