Overkill

[Umpire in Chief]

I can't do my full K3 mechanic with little kids. But this is over the TOP either way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx22bCUHcJs

[SanDiegoSteve]

Yeah...wow.

I have never seen an umpire yank off his mask as part of his Strike 3 Called mechanic. Is he mad that the kid struck out? :wow:

[mjr_2013]

Yeah...wow.

I have never seen an umpire yank off his mask as part of his Strike 3 Called mechanic. Is he mad that the kid struck out?

Nah, he is just ready for the ejection that happens after a coach calls him an arrogant ass for making that unnecessary of a C3K signal on little kids.

[mjr_2013]

Here is the very definition of overkill though... REALLY!?!?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1_RvKlomAw&feature=player_embedded

[SanDiegoSteve]

^^^ It is stuff like that that give every umpire a bad name. What a doofus! He needs to slow down on smoking the crystal meth.

[scrounge]

if he's going to do that, he really ought to wear a red nose and big, floppy shoes...

[poppyfor3]

What? No moon walk? SO DISAPPOINTING!!

[johnnyg08]

Showtime.

[UmpJM]

While I certainly concur with everyone that this is a bit "over the TOP" and certainly not something I would do, I'd just like to share an observation.

Back when I was coaching kids this age (I'm guessing the players are around 10????) we had one umpire - a HS age kid - who was very "animated" with ALL his mechanics. He wouldn't pull his mask off on a punch out, but it was BIG. Every call was BIG and LOUD - routine outs at 1B, foul balls back to the backstop, pretty much everything. And, he was a very BIG kid - played OT on the HS football team, catcher on the HS baseball team.

EVERYBODY loved having him umpire the game - the players, the coaches, the parents, the grandparents - EVERYBODY. He was also a great kid, hustled his brains out when he umped, and it was pretty obvious he was having a good time and wasn't trying to show anyone up. He also was very good in terms of getting his calls right and calling a consistent strike zone.

So, sometimes what's "proper" at upper levels isn't necessarily what's proper at lower levels.

Working a men's league game a couple of years, I'm on the bases. My PU partner actually DID the "rip the mask off" thing on called strike 3s. His timing was so terrible that a couple of times he had the mask off, going into his punch out, when the batter fouled off the pitch with a late, defensive swing. It was pretty unbelievable. In the postgame, I suggested he might want to slow down a tad and leave his freakin' mask ON when calling balls and strikes.

JM

[Umpire in Chief]

^^^ If somebody like that can pull it off then God bless them. There can be a place for these guys in youth ball when there is no pressure.

[SanDiegoSteve]

While I certainly concur with everyone that this is a bit "over the TOP" and certainly not something I would do, I'd just like to share an observation.

Back when I was coaching kids this age (I'm guessing the players are around 10????) we had one umpire - a HS age kid - who was very "animated" with ALL his mechanics. He wouldn't pull his mask off on a punch out, but it was BIG. Every call was BIG and LOUD - routine outs at 1B, foul balls back to the backstop, pretty much everything. And, he was a very BIG kid - played OT on the HS football team, catcher on the HS baseball team.

EVERYBODY loved having him umpire the game - the players, the coaches, the parents, the grandparents - EVERYBODY. He was also a great kid, hustled his brains out when he umped, and it was pretty obvious he was having a good time and wasn't trying to show anyone up. He also was very good in terms of getting his calls right and calling a consistent strike zone.

So, sometimes what's "proper" at upper levels isn't necessarily what's proper at lower levels.

Working a men's league game a couple of years, I'm on the bases. My PU partner actually DID the "rip the mask off" thing on called strike 3s. His timing was so terrible that a couple of times he had the mask off, going into his punch out, when the batter fouled off the pitch with a late, defensive swing. It was pretty unbelievable. In the postgame, I suggested he might want to slow down a tad and leave his freakin' mask ON when calling balls and strikes.

JM

John, did you watch the second video posted? I know you can't condone that one!

[SanDiegoSteve]

None of them can even come close to this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK8mzuQEIPU&feature=relmfu

[James Walker]

^^^^^ wow... Talk about a FYC.