Blood boiling ... and it's prevention

[woodiemiller]

You guys are either gonna love this or crucify me for it.

First, I am a licensed, but not in active practice, attorney so, unless you have my level of cavalier attitude towards lawyers and insurance companies I don't recommend you try this yourselves.....

last summer, Great Plains League (college wood  bat) game. Both teams try the standoff. Coaches aren't like real college coaches-just guys who coach and probably played in college, maybe some pro-but not professional coaches. I warn. Two guys, one each team stay on foul line through warmup pitches. I start the game. Second pitch- Foul ball down 1B line, that guy moves although it's not close to him. Pitch or two later batter RIPS a smokin hot laser-shot piss-rod down 3B line whizzing by idiot still on that line. He jumps back. Ball is foul. I then inform both coaches the two idiots are ejected and have permission to go change their underwear. 

Insanely stupid on my part?   Absolutely!  I'm very crazy and judgment proof. I gave it ALL to my ex-wife. I don't own anything. I owe everybody it seems. I'm free as the breeze and afraid of nothing and no man. So, unless you have nothing to lose like I don't then DO NOT try this at home. 

I have told some of you I'm crazy. This proves it. I worked plate for the league all-star game a month later and a couple of players asked me if I was "that ump" who let the two idiots almost get smoked during a standoff. Yep!  That's me!  

​My only question is how to get the batter to hit smokin line drives near the foul lines where tweedle dee & tweedle dumb are standing?

[ricka56]

Second pitch- Foul ball down 1B line, that guy moves although it's not close to him. The standoff loser is the first guy that moves out of "attention". You could have declare the other guy the winner at this point and maybe its all over. Pitch or two later batter RIPS a smokin hot laser-shot piss-rod down 3B line whizzing by idiot still on that line. He jumps back. Now the 2nd guy has moved out of "attention". They're no longer playing National Anthem Standoff...I don't know what they're doing...doubt they do either.   Ball is foul. I then inform both coaches the two idiots are ejected and have permission to go change their underwear. Maybe a more just punishment would have been to require them to stay in their soiled undies.  

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[Majordave]

Ball wasn't really close to guy on 1B line just fouled his way. 

[bluejerred]

The national anthem standoff is semi-pro.  Notice how the last two idiots were probably the 3rd string bullpen catchers or something like that.  Weren't important enough to play in the game so they had time to stand on the foul line.  

 

[jpperez14]

Could you kill this before it even starts?

say in pre-game that were not doing the national standoff bs and this is your warning now, any players left standing will ejected?

I've never called a HS Varsity game, but ive seen this happen multiple times. Some umpires talk to the coach, get on to the players, nothing happens. I've seen 2 umpires get on to both teams aggressively and both walk off.

just curious

[catsbackr]

Don't warn at plate meeting.

[Majordave]

^^^^^What he said^^^^^^

Just announce loudly.  Players to your dugouts, NOW!  Wait about 5-10 seconds and then eject any of them still standing still and a head coach.  Problem solved I promise.  They all know by now that it is not to be done.  They are intentionally defying the entire rule-making and rules-enforcement arm of their respective baseball organization.  They gotta go so others won't emulate.