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originally posted by Kutulu
It's disrespectfull and is a bad example of behavior to your kids. It's a 10 and under league, the point is that they have fun, not win the game.
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Exactly!
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originally posted by DDDDave
Hollering 'Oh, come on ump' when the call is obviously wrong shouldn't be cause for ejecting someone from the property. The umpire was supposedly a 20-something kid who missed a call. The shortstop from the other team admitted after the game that he failed to even tag the runner. Hollering from the stands at the ump is part of baseball. Listening to complaints is part of being an umpire.
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originally posted by Mikado
Maybe some of you guys don't realize how competitive that league is. My 11 yr old brother plays in the same level of Roger's kids. They've played against each other several times. These kids are THE best players in the area and the emphasis IS winning.
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i don't have a problem with someone voicing his or her opinions about a bad call. And as an ump you should expect that to happen at times. But, there is a fine between respectfully complaining and being disrespectful. there is nothing wrong with competition, and if you are trying to infer that because it is a competitive situation it gives you the right complain more then i don't see it. if this is such a competitive league then why is some 20 year old kid working this game? the complaint should have been to the person who assigned the ump that game. the bottom line here is that these are impressionable kids and when we as adults start acting worse than our children then there is nothing positive that they will take from their experiences.