Skip to main content

Reply to "Umpire discretion?"

 

Reminding a coach when defensive charged conferences end falls within the category of preventive officiating.

 

Previous tensions in the game do not affect the propriety of the umpire's action, and neither does previous bad conduct on the part of the visiting coach and parents.

 

If the opposing coach thought the coach's actions on the aborted return trip constituted another defensive charged conference, the time to have raised the issue would have been before the next pitch was delivered. After the game, it's just pointless venting.

 

×
×
×
×