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lawump

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This is not an ejection.  But, sometimes you just have to give a coach credit for a great line uttered during a "non-routine situation".

I was working an NCAA Division 1 game in a three-man crew.  I was the plate umpire.  I had a first-to-third rotation and I had a very close play at third base.  I called the runner safe at third base.  As I started jogging back toward the plate, I saw the defensive head coach coming out of the first base dugout and walking toward me.  We met about halfway up the third base line.

Coach:  "What have you got there?"

Me:  "A very close play, but he was safe.  He got the back corner of the bag before the tag."

Coach:  "You missed that call."

Me: "(Name of coach), I was in perfect position for that call and had a great look."

Coach:  "You were in perfect position; you had great hustle.  I just don't know how you can be in perfect position and f*ckin' kick the sh!t out of the call!"

He then walked away and I nearly died laughing.  Maybe it isn't as funny reading it as it was when he said it, but I had to bite my tongue not to laugh out loud.  It was a great line.  Just the way he said, "I don't know how you can be in perfect position and f*ckin' kick the sh!t out of the call," was priceless

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lawump
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This is not an ejection.  But, sometimes you just have to give a coach credit for a great line uttered during a "non-routine situation". I was working an NCAA Division 1 game in a three-man crew.

Richvee
Richvee

Had a 1st to 3rd rotation last summer. Called R1 out at 3rd for the 3rd out. 3BC is walking next to me back to his dugout and says, calmly, "You had a tag there, huh?" I said "yeah coach. I got a good

maven
maven

This thread seems like a good candidate for the "War Stories" forum.

ALStripes17

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This is not an ejection.  But, sometimes you just have to give a coach credit for a great line uttered during a "non-routine situation".

I was working an NCAA Division 1 game in a three-man crew.  I was the plate umpire.  I had a first-to-third rotation and I had a very close play at third base.  I called the runner safe at third base.  As I started jogging back toward the plate, I saw the defensive head coach coming out of the first base dugout and walking toward me.  We met about halfway up the third base line.

Coach:  "What have you got there?"

Me:  "A very close play, but he was safe.  He got the back corner of the bag before the tag."

Coach:  "You missed that call."

Me: "(Name of coach), I was in perfect position for that call and had a great look."

Coach:  "You were in perfect position; you had great hustle.  I just don't know how you can be in perfect position and f*ckin' kick the sh!t out of the call!"

He then walked away and I nearly died laughing.  Maybe it isn't as funny reading it as it was when he said it, but I had to bite my tongue not to laugh out loud.  It was a great line.  Just the way he said, "I don't know how you can be in perfect position and f*ckin' kick the sh!t out of the call," was priceless

I like it. He says his peace and everyone continues on.

It's OK, I was working a D1 game and gave an warning to the HC for balls/strikes (the whole, "this is your warning, if you continue, you will be ejected")

He proceeded to give me a warning (said, "No, this is YOUR warning!") before retreating to the shadows of their dugout.

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ricka56

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Not trying to one up anyone...and this one wouldn't even qualify, but it was one where I was biting my tongue to keep from LOL. 

It was a meaningless pre-district HS varsity tournament (3A) last Thursday. Our assignor was in a pickle finding guys to cover a middle of the week noon/3pm games. My partner was a guy who has played the game, but his total umpire experience was a chapter clinic and one JV game. He had a 4-6-3 DP ball (that I thought the BR clearly beat out). When I looked to my partner for the call, he was not looking at 1B. He was pointing at 2B and saying, "he's out at second", then turns to 1B and says "and he's out at first".  Holy crap...to me it was the funniest kick that I'd ever seen. OHC goes nuts. I got to within ear-shot to make sure OHC doesn't go too crazy on the newbie. He didn't, but his parting words were to me. "you've got to fix this"...I just bit my tongue, put on my mask and started laughing. 

In his defense, the newbie does have aptitude for this vocation and I'm sure he learned a lot that day. 

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I was running the scoreclock for substate basketball last week. One of the refs called what was IMHO a borderline foul. The coach said loud enough for everybody around to hear "Good call". Then quiet enough that those around him (including myself) could hear, but not much more than that "Wasn't a foul, but good call." I, fortunately, didn't have to keep a straight face.

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Had a 1st to 3rd rotation last summer. Called R1 out at 3rd for the 3rd out. 3BC is walking next to me back to his dugout and says, calmly, "You had a tag there, huh?" I said "yeah coach. I got a good angle and a good look. Third baseman got the tag down".  Coach says, "I love your hustle, I love your positioning.....your eyes.....not so much". 

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lawump

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19 hours ago, maven said:

This thread seems like a good candidate for the "War Stories" forum.

You might be right.  I'll keep that in mind next time.

grayhawk

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On 3/8/2016 at 7:13 AM, lawump said:

This is not an ejection.  But, sometimes you just have to give a coach credit for a great line uttered during a "non-routine situation".

I was working an NCAA Division 1 game in a three-man crew.  I was the plate umpire.  I had a first-to-third rotation and I had a very close play at third base.  I called the runner safe at third base.  As I started jogging back toward the plate, I saw the defensive head coach coming out of the first base dugout and walking toward me.  We met about halfway up the third base line.

Coach:  "What have you got there?"

Me:  "A very close play, but he was safe.  He got the back corner of the bag before the tag."

Coach:  "You missed that call."

Me: "(Name of coach), I was in perfect position for that call and had a great look."

Coach:  "You were in perfect position; you had great hustle.  I just don't know how you can be in perfect position and f*ckin' kick the sh!t out of the call!"

He then walked away and I nearly died laughing.  Maybe it isn't as funny reading it as it was when he said it, but I had to bite my tongue not to laugh out loud.  It was a great line.  Just the way he said, "I don't know how you can be in perfect position and f*ckin' kick the sh!t out of the call," was priceless

Clearly, the proper distance and direction to make that call was in the first base dugout.  SMH.

UmpJeff

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15 hours ago, urout17 said:

This one time, at band camp....

Stay away from the pie...

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