Fall Ball Ejection...Softball

[alcrisp]

Last Sunday I had a coach ejection in a 14U fall game. Background is the Coach A's team is losing 10-0 and this is the coach that was dumped. The pitcher was consistently throwing pitches above the letters and I was balling them all game. I have not heard a word. In the 3rd inning she throws the same pitch and I ball it again. Coach A asks, "Where was that?" (first time he asked) and I replied, "Up." He threw up his hands from the dugout, no big deal...It was dropped. Top of the 4th and Team A coming to bat, I'm on third base line extended (softball in between innings mechanic) and Coach A comes from the third base dugout and asks, "Where is your strike zone at?"

 

I replied, "Same place its been all day."

 

He says, "I've umpired two years and now the zone," and starts explaining to me where its is.

 

I stop him off and tell him, "You asked where a pitch was, I told you. You are not coming out here on balls and strikes. This is your warning on arguing balls and strikes."

 

He turns and starts walking back to the dugout and he stops, turns to me and says, "How ling have you been umpiring?" (while gesturing where that high pitch was. I eject him and he leaves.

 

Sounds like he just wanted to go since his team was losing.  Reason for posting is I am a frequent on here reading, but thought I would share since I don't post that often.

 

 

[scrounge]

textbook

[grayhawk]

He turns and starts walking back to the dugout and he stops, turns to me and says, "How long have you been umpiring?" (while gesturing where that high pitch was.

 

 

"Long enough to know that if I have to sit through this stinker of a game, then so do you."

[renegadewolf]

Whenever someone starts a sentence with "I've umpired...", just as when someone starts a sentence with "I'm a taxpayer..." they are about to become an assh*le.  Pretty easy EJ, well done.

[Stan W.]

all good for me.....good valid EJ.....well handled.