Mac W

 

I was working a big boys game that day.

Maybe we should keep track of ump errors...

Obviously you do.

Seems like Coach Hackett is just what this young man needed.

Agreed. Hackett is the best coach they have had since Marty Feltner. Hacket has accomplished more in three months then the previous coach (I use that title loosely) did in his entire tenure.

Probably the same umpire working the Cooper/ Ryle game. :clap:

That's a good one

I see this team making a big run in the region solid club congrats to them on there district championship!

All they needed was a half way decent coach that knows just a little bit about baseball. Imagine how good they will be next year when Hackett gets to bring in his own assistants instead of the clowns he inherited.

So you are saying is that since the defensive player did not make a good throw to the first baseman's chest. The offensive player is the recipient of a bad call? Which resulted in the batters ejection or EJ for you non-baseball guys?

No. What im saying is that if the players were capable of making "routine plays" (routine means "easy" for you NBG's) and could throw the ball to the first baseman chest (also considered routine/easy) then the first baseman would have never got in the runners way. There would never be a collision at first and the umpire would not have kicked the call by erring on the side of safety.

What I was implying is if you make routine plays the umpire usually becomes invisible.

But I am being to negative. On a brighter note. I hope Scott88 enjoyed his first baseball game. Did you get a batting helmet sunday?

One more thing about the EJ (that's short for ejection for you non-baseball guys). If the fielder had made a "good" or "decent" throw to the first baseman (like hitting him in the chest). Then none of this would have happened. Well, you still would have had 10 errors combined.

Are the kids who made the errors getting paid? I didn't think so.

 

Im at the games, pay me and I can make horrible calls too, is that what you want?

 

You can defend horrible officiating all you want, but when these guys get paid then they should be at least a little more competent.

The coaches get paid. Shouldn't they be able to teach their teams how to field a ground ball and make a good throw? 10 errors in a district game is pitiful!! That's why you get T-ball umps, you field like T-ballers.

Just saw the box score for the Creek/Catholic game, ZERO errors. Just saw the box score for the Harrison/Nicholas game, 1 error. 10 errors and you guys want to gripe about umpires, unbelievable. CATCH A GROUND BALL!!!!

1hr 20min

Problem is, he had on off game...

Combined wasn't there like ten errors? Sounds like a couple people had "off" games.

...personally like the guy.

I'm sure he thinks your great too.

Nope. Wouldnt put the time in to be excellent at it. Did it for several years, realized I couldnt dedicate enough energy or effort so gave it up, and refuse to take money for something I put little effort in. Its called integrity. If you ump and find that you arr constantly getting yelled at, maybe its time to look in the mirror. Or go ump t ball.

So let me get this straight. You used to umpire but you were not very good. You didn't want to put in the time to be good so you stopped. Now you come on message boards and diss guys. Well you might have officiated a couple baseball games in the past but it doesn't sound like you were ever a umpire.

Blah blah. Love the martyr approach. Would they care so much about the kids if there wasnt a pay check at the end? How about they learn the rules and try to get better, wouldnt that improve the game?

Then you do it. For real man, do it. Sign up next year and do it. And as for the money, take your game fees and donate them back to the booster club. That would be awesome!

Well that tells me the board, but who is the evaluator I guess I should have asked.

You should be the evaluator.

I was, of course, somewhat tongue in cheek, but it really is an issue. I do like your fitness idea, that alone would trim the herd.

The heard is already trim as can be. The cupboard is bare. That's why you see old fat guys working the games. If they had a PT for HS umpires there would not be enough umpires to cover all the games. Unless of coarse some of the fellas on this site want to give it a try and see if they can help improve the game for the kids in the community that they claim to love. Oh wait, that takes time and true dedication, it's a lot easier to just complain.

 

In soccer there are specific fitness tests......are there the same in tests/requirements in baseball?

No there is not and you are right there should be. There isn't even a PT for most college umpires. The D1 conferences in the south have a PT but it is very very easy... Some of the people on this site could even pass it (maybe).

Looks like we have an umpire join the board.

Looks like you had a few already

You couldn't be more right. The biggest problem other than the fact the ump threw him out of the game but it was instant. No hesitation as if he had predetermined if there was a collision he was tossing the player. It was horrible and the umps this year in NKY should be embarrassed with how they did this year.

I heard all the good umpires in NKY go across the river to work good baseball.

 

Or you could sign up next year and give the kids the what they really deserve a top notch umpire. Please umpire next year!!!! It's for the kids.

Will the Umpires get the the credit for the win? They always get blamed when MoCo loses...

The statement is factual. If I do recall correctly, the call blockhead is referring to was a call at home plate that decided the game. A GRC player was called safe, and the next day, the paper in Montgomery County had a picture of the play on the front page that clearly showed he was out. I have some friends close to Montgomery County's program and I have heard this particular story, along with many others, told too many times...

I don't doubt that a high school umpire missed a call five years ago. What I find hard to believe is that a umpire ejected a coach over something that was said five years ago.

How did it happen? Did the umpire just walk up to the coach and say, "I remember what you said five years ago, your Ejected".

Is that how it happened? Find that hard to believe?

Was this the first time the coach and umpire had seen each other in five years? Find that hard to believe also.

I would just like to hear the real story because Blockhead's version seems a little fishy.

Last year Coach Combs was tossed in the first inning of the district tourny because of something he said to the umpire 5 years prior. That's what he told our asst coach before he threatened to toss him next.

Do you really believe that?