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but this is the one i really want - read and then enjoy the picture https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/news/steve-rippley-touches-home

https://vault.si.com/vault/1984/04/02/the-umpires-strike-rack https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/10/28/Nixon-settles-baseball-umpires-dispute/4769499323600/ https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/umpire_year/1986/ https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/09/18/calling-the-game-the-life-and-times-of-an-umpire

what if on the steal the pitcher had put the white rosin bag in his glove and goes to the 3 baseman for the fake ball handoff. now everyone thinks he has the ball in his glove

just about all league representatives verbally would say that they want you to address this situation, but what happens is a totally different situation. many would get blackballed. this should be no different than the state or league finals with all the top brass hanging right beside both dugouts. you dont think if they know you are hearing this which means they are hearing this and you do not address this you will ever work the state finals again. well think again. it should be the same situation during in season games but of course we know it is not. it takes local intestinal fortitude at all levels of all administrators to handle this. good luck. all officials would eject if they knew leadership had their back but they don't. once again add nauseum, what if a teacher did this in the classroom, what if your boss did this at work. is this what all of us let bosses get away with everywhere. where are the HR guys to let you know what would happen at their compnies and would they want it reported or just a blind eye turned. and would hr officials at companies turn a blind eye to it and fire or blackball a person for reporting this without having to use a tip line for animinity, so they will not be blackballed or shunned or taken off the fast track. good luck. that's some of the reason those umpires with the intestinal fortitude in these situations always are getting hammered and yelled at for what's the term, just to be in the headlines, just trying to inject yourself in the game for no reason, rabbit ears, etc, etc. this league below wants it handled, and you could also add profanity audible to the stands to the cause. imagine as a parent having to be asked by a four year old about the profanity words or repeating them loudly after just hearing them, and now the parent has to explain on the way home. if coaches dont do this then parents dont have a situation to deal with. did the parents report this coach like they should. would they let coach do this in classroom, would they let their boss talk like this to them? https://royhobbs.com/world-series/rules-guidelines/playing-rules

gee, and i thought they were marching band shoes.

its the spellin that getest me every thyme, just like the timms river in Grate Britan.

home team houston up 3-0. bottom of 5th. umpire misses 3-1 pitch to first batter alvarez to make the count 3-2. alvarez ends up walking. it was the only pitch missed the whole game. to call that pitch an 'impactful miss' is disingenuous. https://umpscorecards.com/data/single-game/778200

waiting to see this one by a famous individual https://patents.justia.com/patent/7967188

and an old chart of all umpire injuries that retrosheet could find since the 1800's. suspended games and late arrivals can also be clicked on. https://www.retrosheet.org/umpgmchg.htm

i cant afford it, but for those who can - enlighten use please players said strike zone shrank and caught them off guard https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6328105/2025/05/01/mlb-umpire-strike-zone-buffer-zone-change/

me thinking the old white ash is the way to go, but the old aluminum came in due to the budget issue and mlb scouts would just subtract a certain number of points to come up with a projected wood bat average if picked by the scouts. certain things you look for are inherent no matter the bat in your hands. you got to get those hands moving and i would assume when the time comes and you cannot turn on that fastball anymore it might just be that time to call it a career. it was funny to see some of those jam the batter home runs off the fists that happened from time to time, that use to be broken bat firewood foder on a wood bat from days gone by. and rumor had it, that they banned that bat in dave winfields high school conference because he already had 3rd base high school kids playing in left field for self preservation purposes with wood bats. now for self preservation (wasnt that term used on another post recently, or am i just thinking about that phrase used in one of the matt damon bourne films) for umpires, did they not establish that it was more of the maple bats that were splitting and coming back to hit a couple of umpires up side the head rather than the old white ash. if you got that maple bat, i am bringing my bucket mask and putting it on when you come up, and my normal mask for the white ash guys. just keep it in the dugout and change out. now some of the other types of bats, dont know how they are working for self preservation (is that a phrase from a jason bourne movie) seems like layne or onora were hit with broken bats. https://www.justbats.com/blog/post/how-to-keep-your-wood-bats-from-breaking/

lindsay, i believe lentz (4/30 game) just got the 2nd perfect score per ump scorecards unless something happened during postgame review.

enjoy below 2 i found while googling along with OP https://sabr.org/journal/article/interview-with-rich-rieker-director-of-umpire-development https://sabr.org/journal/article/interview-with-umpire-observer-kevin-oconnor/

much like under the books section on 'you got to have balls to play this game' posted on here in 2011 (not by me) to let people who would like to see the book mentioned back in that post, and mainly from the historical prospective info from the court case. if no one wants to look at it, that is fine too. also like the court cases i posted back in 2011 on the same book page from 2011 under eric gregg on the court case from the 1999 mass resignation situation. not sure all the links even work anymore. or the court papers if i find them from umpire assaults. or the ed hickox court situation concerning the bucket he was using. or the court papers to the joe west, loduca situation if i find them, i will post. just like some might find retrosheet interesting and others may not give a sh, oops crap.

sorry if it is that paywall thing again on the first one https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/25/archives/at-last-a-likable-ump-likable-ump.html https://the-worst-blog-in-baseball.com/2023/04/11/better-hate-an-umpire-a-small-comprehensive-guide-to-2023s-officiating-crews/