Dottelife

I ump HS and UIC a local complex. When I work with new umps and veterans I cover ejections. 3 P’s is an auto ejection and as soon as you eject you partner better be on his way to get in between it. The video of mlb ump Tom halion in the Mets game is used in my training. It was a perfect example of getting your guy out of the fire.

OMG where to start? Coach comes down the line and PU tells him straight up don’t come here if it’s about balls and strikes, he still comes and talks about balls and strikes. Ump did good to immediately restrict him and then eject him. I would never start a countdown out loud like that. I simply go to coaches and say who is the new acting manager (I assume he was the manager or should have been dumped as soon as he left the coaching box) and tell him you got 30 seconds to get him walking towards the parking lot or I am calling ballgame. What really irritates me is the comments in the video of parents and coaches that honestly think they have the right to question balls and strikes. Parents are stupid so I get it but a coach should know better. I have ejected more in the last 5 years then I did in the first 15. It’s out of control.