Just ask him...

[Whonu19]

I coach a JV team but have been an umpire for over fifteeen years. I was the coach in the following disaster. We were the away team playing on a field that was way too small for the level of play (5 hrs and 12 ground rule doubles). The fence is only in left field and then it is woods and brush the rest of the way. The ground rules were that if it goes in on the fly it is four, if it bounces in, two. Top of the sixth, we are down two with a man on first. The nine hitter hits a ball to left center that lands in some leaves to the left of a bush and skips into a pond. The pu (working alone since his partner did not show) signals hr after a significant delay. The hc comes out to argue and after about four minutes he calls me out asks what I believe the groundrules to be. I say in the air four, the rest two. He talks to the hc again and then.... calls the cf in and asks him. He says it bounced and the pu reverses his call... I obviously go crazy.... I actually tried to get run, but failed... I swore, called him chicken....told him he. Needed to run me so. He could write. That he asked tbhe cf in his report, but he refused. He told me if I didn't like it to. Protest (not sure what he thought I could protest?)...

Thankfully we won, but HE ASKED THE CF?

[LMSANS]

I coach a JV team but have been an umpire for over fifteeen years. I was the coach in the following disaster. We were the away team playing on a field that was way too small for the level of play (5 hrs and 12 ground rule doubles). The fence is only in left field and then it is woods and brush the rest of the way. The ground rules were that if it goes in on the fly it is four, if it bounces in, two. Top of the sixth, we are down two with a man on first. The nine hitter hits a ball to left center that lands in some leaves to the left of a bush and skips into a pond. The pu (working alone since his partner did not show) signals hr after a significant delay. The hc comes out to argue and after about four minutes he calls me out asks what I believe the groundrules to be. I say in the air four, the rest two. He talks to the hc again and then.... calls the cf in and asks him. He says it bounced and the pu reverses his call... I obviously go crazy.... I actually tried to get run, but failed... I swore, called him chicken....told him he. Needed to run me so. He could write. That he asked tbhe cf in his report, but he refused. He told me if I didn't like it to. Protest (not sure what he thought I could protest?)...

Thankfully we won, but HE ASKED THE CF?

So, if by mistake you tell a runner to take an extra base and he gets thrown out by 20 feet. Then the runner should "go crazy...swear and call you stupid for sending him when he didn't have a chance.

Yes, the umpire screwed up, but that doesn't entitle you to act like an .

[yawetag]

Is there a question here?

[Rich Ives]

Is there a question here?

Yes - why so much emotion over a JV game?

[spiritump]

Is there a question here?

Yes - why so much emotion over a JV game?

because a rat is involved

[Ump Rube]

Is there a question here?

Yes - why so much emotion over a JV game?

Just because it is a JV game, means it is less worthy of emotion? I played JV for 2 years as I was not good enough to play on Varsity (made the bullpen catcher Senior year, never saw a minute of playing time). For some kids that is the best they will do. What if that batter has never, and will never, hit a ball that far again? If I were him I would want my coach defending the unbiased call, instead of listening to F8 who has a stake in the play.

No need to necessarily do everything you can to get ejected (which shows me this is an un-trained rookie), but definitely contact the association and let hem handle the lack of knowledge.