quote:Originally posted by piaa_ump:quote:This stuff goes back to the quality of the umpiring. Good umpires don't let it get out of hand. Good umpires warn or toss the initiator
Bull...
Umpires do not teach these behaviors....this goes back to the quality of the coaching or more directly the quality of the men who teach this behavior......and I dont mean their won/loss records.
Period.
quote:Originally posted by TG:
My son was taught how to pitch inside at no cost. When he started pitching at 9U I told him not to worry about hitting batters. I told him if he hurt a hitter that's the hitter's problem. My son has never had a problem pitching inside. In a wood bat tournament this weekend he (fifteen now) walked off the mound smiling after sawing off/breaking a fourth hitter's bat, "Just call me Black and Decker." I also taught him how to come up and in and hit a batter without getting him in the head.
You can't blame this on an umpire. He has no clue coming into a game that someone has been taught in this manner.