quote:See, that's why I would never wish to be an umpire. You guys stick together too much (IMHO) and rarely self police even in private. While I never publically debate a "call" in a game and tell my players "its the nature of the game" in
If you coach baseball how can you not also want to be in tune with the rules? Of course umpires stick together becasue they are a team; 2-man, 3-man, 4-man, whatever. Teams stick together and have each other's back. Yes the goal is to get the calls right. Unfortunately too many coaches want to work umpires on the judgement part of baseball (the strike zone, bang-bang calls), instead of challenging calls based on rule interpretations.