This is kind of a sensitive area, but would like some input. We were at a tournament where we had a field umpire who wasn't getting into a good position to make calls at second base, our coach was upset at the first call at second base where catcher threw ball and secondbaseman easily got kid, but ump called safe(I was on third base line and it wasn't even close). Then when we took field our lead off batter got a hit, he ran and slid into second and was called out, ump again was in bad position(at first base) our coach yelled to get into position to make the call and the ump said that's your warning coach, to which he said "come on blue" and was promptly ejected in the first inning. Later I noticed a serious limp he had when walking back from talking to plate ump between innings, I realized he couldn't get into position because he had limited mobility. My question is this, "should he be umping a game"? I know its a very sensitive area and am not trying to sound bad, but his play calling wasn't as good as it could've been had he been able to move quickly into position and make the call.
What are your guy's thoughts? Oh yea, what upset me was the obvious distractions he showed during live ball, looking or texting at his cell phone while lead off batter was at plate and in the box, cheering crowds on other fields was worthy of looks, and more than once with runner on first he stayed at first instead of moving towards pitcher.
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