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@Mudisfun - the only thing I'd mention is I'm guessing the part with the "x"s is your actual report. If it is, I'd caution against using R2, as FED uses that bass ackwards nomenclature where he'd be R1 on second. Otherwise, I like the EJ.

The Rockaway Kid has it! Point of the plate and adjust. Most of our calls at the plate will be of the swipe tag variety. MUCH better to see from 3rd base extended. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Yeah, I think it's a riot a couple of guys would go through the effort to do that. Had me laughing, along with the other fans, announcers, players, and crew I'm sure. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I haven't posted to this site in awhile, not even lurking that much, but got two ejections in two separate innings last night! 14/15/16 ish level baseball tonight. 2 ejections... First - Ground ball to left side, nobody on. BR trips over F3 who is standing where every F3 stands to catch a ball from the left side. BR immediately gets up and yells VERY loudly, "Get out of the f*ing base path you f*ing p*****" Second - 0-1 count. Foul ball down 1B line. A few feet from the fence. Really looked like it was foul to me, but of course no foul line after 1B, so I'm guessing. Kid isn't happy, I think says "No f*ing way, that's f*ing bulls*." I should have warned him, but wasn't 100% positive what he said. Next pitch is called strike three. Quite loudly, "Are you F*ING KIDDING ME!" Nope, see you too. Second one might have been a tad quick, but whole team had a bit of a poor attitude and the inning before we had just reviewed the rule w/both head coaches about ejections that says swearing, profanity, etc is strictly prohibited. And everyone knew why the first kid was ejected. Wish I had warned kid two is my only thing I would change.

@MadMax - has their customer service, shipping time, product availability, etc, improved as well from a few years ago? When I got started umpiring 16 years ago, I owned a few +POS products, and live close. They were great. I took quite a few years off, and when I tried ordering something about 3-4 years ago phone was not answered, email wasn't answered, order didn't get processed or wasn't available, or something similar. I've heard a lot of horror stories the last few years. I'm really hoping they've fixed these issues as I would love to buy local, I buy as much local as I can!

Not on, oh, 90% of the fields I play on. I'd say 50-60% of the varsity fields I do have scoreboards. Less than 5% of the summer stuff I do has a functioning board. And usually it is mom in the stands keeping score who doesn't realize R1 tagged on his way to second means the runner crossing home doesn't count. In games where there is a real scorer and/or a scoreboard I don't say a word. Most of what I do has neither that is why I check with both sides, it prevents the surprises after one team thinks the game is over and one doesn't. Kid you not, I work a varsity field where the team won't turn the lights on since they are too costly to run, and there is no scoreboard.

I wish prices were that low just to go to a Cubs game! Without a clinic. Sounds like a great idea though!

I LOVE Weird Al. Him and Garth Brooks are my two favorite artists of all time. Queen as a group. The sheer talent Weird Al has though is insane. He takes someone else's adding and writes new lyrics that fit perfectly and make fun of the song. And he sounds mostly like the other group.

Sorry to bust your bubble but all income as to be reported in Canada... Not what I was told. Let's just say that you should trust me on that one... I'd trust thunder here also. While I know nothing other than what I read to try to get you a factual answer about Canada tax code, I'm extremely well versed in tax code in the USA. I find it hard to believe ANY country would willing tell you not to report this income. According to the Canada Revenue Agency there are only a few incomes that are not taxable. Umpiring income isn't one of the exemptions. http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/tpcs/ncm-tx/rtrn/cmpltng/rprtng-ncm/nttxd-eng.html Another interesting bit I read centered around if officiating income is employment income or self employment income. In the USA we use a similar test to decide which category your employment falls under. In the USA the IRS actually ruled that officials are indeed self employed. The CRA in Canada has never made a ruling, making the waters more muddy up there. Reading the seven tests fire determination I side on self employment argument personally, but as you can see there are strong arguments on both sides. What all sides agree is that legally, you must report that income somehow. http://forums.redflagdeals.com/how-report-side-job-income-tax-return-1300668/ In both the USA and Canada many people don't report various incomes because "it's not enough," my buddy Mike doesn't, I wasn't sent a 1099 form, or many other excuses. Usually the IRS/CRA doesn't audit you, and nothing happens. However, ALL INCOME is reportable unless specifically exempted. And if you get caught, the fines and penalties in both countries are steep. Is it worth it??

I fully understand your thoughts. But I won't allow coaches to attack my partner, regardless of his zone. The time to deal with training and teaching is OFF the field. But, while we're a crew, we're a team. Ppl won't differentiate one ump from another most of the time. You're "the umps" or "those umps." The only friend you have on the field is your partner. Even if he's bad, he's still your teammate. Look for timing/head height/tracking issues and maybe tell him between innings what you see. But ffs don't just stand there while he gets raked across the coals. We've all had those horseSH*# games. If he's off, the complaining will only be compounded by your lack of teamwork. And his zone will deteriorate even further. Don't just be a partner, be the partner YOU would want to work with. I get what you are saying about being a team. However if my partner is A) willing to put up with coaches jumping his a$$ all game and B) too lazy to work on his zone then he deserves to get lit up by a coach. If I jump in and save him he will not learn and he will expect his next partner to do the same. How do you think it will go if I tell the PU his zone is bad? he is going to think I am putting him down and he will get an attitude. If the coach decides to bring the word you guys or these umps into the conversation I have no problem getting involved and showing him the door. The OP question had to do with how do you handle coaches that complain to you about your partner's KZ. Your responses have been about what you don't do (not going to save the partner that won't help himself). OK, fine, so what do you do ? What do you say to the coach ? nothing/ignore ? "don't talk to me, its not my problem" ? If you are letting your partner just twist in the wind, then you're not backing your partner (right or wrong, always back your partner). If they're talking to you, Do something ! Let them know that at least one of you aren't going to put up with their mis-behavior. It doesn't cost you anything, you aren't bailing anybody out, to tell them to knock it off. If the coach talks to me about my partner's zone (and I've never actually had this happen), I'll ignore once, hope he wasn't actually talking to me. Second time is a stern "we are NOT discussing this." If he doesn't get the clue I guess I'd have to dump him. Like I said though, I've never actually had this happen. Or maybe I'd say something along the lines of, we sure do have a bad angle down here, don't we.

Let me be clear in that I have no problem ejecting them if they complain to me about my partner's strike zone. The comment is said to me and so I have full jurisdiction in my mind to send him packing after I tell him to can it. I'm more talking about games I've had where I've heard chirping from the dugout or direct questioning of calls (the infamous "call it both ways") and my partner has chose to completely ignore them, where in the same situation I would have put a stop to it. If I step in and put a stop to it I could see my partner feeling as if I overstepped my bounds. I think a lot of this stems from me being new to the area and it seems like I am seldom paired with the same partner twice. So I end up working with a lot of guys that I've never worked with before and don't know their habits and so forth. If they are complaining about my partner I stay out. Unless it's so ridiculous he is swearing non stop and it's a 12U game and everyone can hear it AND my partner is doing nothing to try to stop it, I won't get involved. However, that same coach who I thought my partner should have ejected and didn't has the shortest leash ever. I've mentioned this situation before here, but I had a BU who the AC and HC were being on big time. He should have dumped one or both in the first few innings. Not a word was said about or to me, however. Like the fifth inning coach from dugout says "That's three YOU GUYS have cost us." Gone without even a warning. Now he implicated both of us, even though it was my partners call. I never stepped on my partners toes though.

I work a TON of GameDay USA tournaments in northern Illinois and Southern WI. Overall not too many problems. A few teams who think they are God's gift to travel ball. The tournament itself is all about money, never get food or drinks, only get two balls plus a used one, that kids first grand slam ball better get returned, but they back the umps around here which is the important part. EJ's stick, coaches are mostly well behaved though so not an issue usually.

I don't think you should wait until the ball lands, you're probably never going to catch up. However, the sequence I've been taught in clinics is "read, react." Make sure you READ first, so yes, take a moment or two to read. This will help you decide if you need to go out on a trouble ball, if it's realistically going to be a single or a triple, etc. Just slow everything down.

Duplicate post, can an admin delete this one?

FED based rules allow only one medical or religious bracelet or necklace taped down by any player. Nothing else is allowed. Quite simple, he can pitch.

Evil, I understand that things like this are quite possible. I also understand if you lost someone in a situation as this it is exponentially worse. That being said, do you avoid going to the gas station, grocery store, bank, even driving or riding in a car for that matter? Every place you go has the potential for a wacko to get you. But if you stop living your life, and stop doing what you want because of these people, you are already dead.

I have always used the free (Android) version. Used the enter key many times. Don't think the br shows up for me.

I don't have any experience with this problem umpiring, but do in the fire service. My best advice, whatever you decide to do, EVERYONE needs to be subjected to the same exact process. If you don't, you're opening the door for trouble.

Nope. So you have unreported income (payer doesn't report it) and have possibly opened the door to being considered an employee of the organization that paid you. Independent Contractor is an 11 question qualification according to the Government. The only thing they do is pay me. They do not provide me with any equipment, training, or facilities to conduct my business. They do not determine how I do my job. It's not my field, but it's not their field either. The total for any of those payments is under $600 so they are not required to file a 1099 with the IRS. I report ALL of my income. I am an accountant that has been in payroll & human resources for over 30 years. If the DOL or IRS wants to screw you, it is very easy for them to do it. I try and keep those opportunities to a minimum. Thanks for the heads up, coach. Exactly. People bring this stuff up all the time. You are either an independent contractor or not. How they pay you does not change that. Whether they report the income or not, the onus is on YOU, the independent contractor to report ALL your income. If you do this you should be golden.

I don't think you can get him in OBR, 7.09 says that unless intentional, interfering with a protected fielder is an immediate dead ball, runner out, all others return. In FED there is that provision that if interference "If, in the judgment of the umpire, a runner including the batter-runner interferes in any way and prevents a double play anywhere, two shall be declared out (the runner who interfered and the other runner involved)." In this case it's a judgement and I'm siding more with the defense than the offense. So in FED it's possibly the right call, in OBR I'd say no.

Depends on how it's said. In a conversation to me, you're right. If it's loud enough for everyone in the stands to hear - that in of itself is enough for me to EJ. Even with absolutely nothing else. is it prolonged? Profane? Personal? Exactly what criteria do you base the EJ on? Questioning my authority. Which is personal. I only did it once, and he had actually been a jackwagon to my partner who didn't have the balls to EJ. Questioned two calls to my partner earlier in the game. But then he said "That's three you've missed!" loud enough for everyone on that field and probably the 3 others to hear. I was EJing him as he continued with "you guys are horrible, you're costing us the game." However, "That's three you've missed" that loud and obnoxious says he feels I am not capable of doing my job - which I am. So he's personally questioning my authority and ability to arbiter the game and what caused him to go.

I'm not sure I'd warn the coach to watch it more carefully. FED ruleset specifically requires the umpire to record courtesy runners, and not allow improper ones. OBR rules require the umpire to watch all subs and make sure they are legal. While it could easily get missed, I'm not sure I'd tell the coach it is HIS job when it is implicitly OUR job to make sure it's correct.

Depends on how it's said. In a conversation to me, you're right. If it's loud enough for everyone in the stands to hear - that in of itself is enough for me to EJ. Even with absolutely nothing else.

What ruleset and were they using continuous batting order or subs? There isn't a penalty in any ruleset that I know of, but in FED based rules have a few different rules on the courtesy runner. It might not have to be the last batted out. Usually it is, especially in summer tourneys where they are doing a continuous batting order. But in all cases the umpire is not to allow an illegal courtesy runner.

The important section to read is Section 2.00 of the Official Baseball Rules - Definitions. In that section, here is the definition of "force play." If you read the comment part of that definition, it states something must be done to remove the force. In your case the batter was declared safe, so nothing has removed the force on this play. The runner who was AT first is STILL forced to 2nd, and he never made it. A FORCE PLAY is a play in which a runner legally loses his right to occupy a base by reason of the batter becoming a runner. Rule 2.00 (Force Play) Comment: Confusion regarding this play is removed by remembering that frequently the “force†situation is removed during the play. Example: Man on first, one out, ball hit sharply to first baseman who touches the bag and batter-runner is out. The force is removed at that moment and runner advancing to second must be tagged. If there had been a runner on third or second, and either of these runners scored before the tag-out at second, the run counts. Had the first baseman thrown to second and the ball then had been returned to first, the play at second was a force out, making two outs, and the return throw to first ahead of the runner would have made three outs. In that case, no run would score. Example: Not a force out. One out. Runner on first and third. Batter flies out. Two out. Runner on third tags up and scores. Runner on first tries to retouch before throw from fielder reaches first baseman, but does not get back in time and is out. Three outs. If, in umpire’s judgment, the runner from third touched home before the ball was held at first base, the run counts.