Umpires: Gotta Love Them
Posted on: October 6, 2009 by admin No Comments
HUH, are you kidding me, I would assume this is what most of you are thinking when you read the title of this blog! Seriously though, what is the deal? why do they get so much flack? Behind the pate, for both teams the umpire will judge over 300 pitches a night. Let’s see you do that and get most of them if not all of them right.
To me I think it has been quite a show to see coaches run out of the dug out screaming, kicking and whining over a call at the plate. Last time I checked when they make a mistake coaching, fans don’t get to run out on the field and do the same to them
I have played baseball all my life and even umpired a few amateur games. It is hard! It takes a good eye and precision to know here the pitch ends up in reference to the ground and the basic over all strike zone.
So please, enough with the shows on the field and off. This is not wrestling, it’s baseball!
Take it from me, I have thrown thousands of pitches, and it never did me one bit of good to complain about what I did wrong. I actually learned to have my catcher ask what was wrong the pitch, adjust and move on!