GIMNEPIWO wrote:MTR wrote:ontheblack wrote:The OP was about Fall Ball - an extension of Rec ball in most cases. Those games are usually on the clock. All of my comments are in the context of umpiring a rec game, not a 7 inning ASA tournament game.
I get that many of you blues here are way above Rec ball. However, rec ball is actually for the kids, and being an ass when asked a question from a 10 yr old still very much learning the game is pathetic.
Then why are you not umpiring it? Seriously, if you want to dictate the actions of position for which others have been trained to the contrary, why not just do it yourself? Create your own volunteer umpire group in your organization. That way you get what you want and can control the manner in which they approach the game.
After all, like you said, it is 10U fall ball. These kids don't need umpiring, they need coaching. So why waste money and frustration on an unnecessary resource?
I guess for the same reason that the Cop I saw changing a flat for an elderly woman was not doing it for a 20 year old ... He wasn't 'Copping' the same way as he would have in the other situation even though the rules were the same ...
I get that you once saw a cop change a tire. He decided that set of circumstances was appropriate for him to go above and beyond. For all you know, it was his mother, aunt, or grandmother, even. Or, the elderly lady even offered him an extra glazed donut.
So you therefore have concluded that every cop should change flat tires any time someone gets one?
That seems to be your message. Because it still wasn't his job, or responsibility, and actually could have caused him to have disciplinary action against for not spending his time doing what he should have been doing, could have been fired or suspended over it, and could have assumed a legal liability if it wasn't done correctly.
And even if asked, OTB, it would certainly have been appropriate for him to decline, and still say it wasn't appropriate for anyone to ask, or to assume he should. Even another elderly woman, or a 10 yo in a fall rec game.