Umpires...

Think of the famous line in Wizard of Oz... "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" Well that's what goes through my mind as soon as I seen any umpire for the game each night.

Let me break down last week's umpires for you:
Tuesday- I have NEVER seen two umpires more obsessed about where the bats were, how close the coach's chair was out of the dugout, where the photographers could and couldn't be. They also made some weird calls that no one seemed to understand... from both sides. This was for both JV and Varsity games.

Friday- These guys were ok. The only big complaint parents and I seemed to find was the LOW and inconsistent strike zone for the Varsity game.

Saturday- Now this was an umpire I DID NOT LIKE! He was rude, inconsiderate and judgmental... and the game had not even started!

Let me give you a little inside information about myself, I am very pale and sun cautious because of the skin cancer that runs in my family and my precancerous moles removed not too long ago. Therefore I am pale and have a low self esteem about it... besides it's March, everyone who isn't baking in a bed is pale! Baseball games are my tanning time!

Ok, so back to Saturday's umpire... while I was waiting for the game to start I was sitting in my chair with shorts and a tank top on. He walked up to the fence and I quote "Dang, I know it is the beginning of the spring but DANG... I hope you put some lotion on those legs or you'll fry." As I sat and looked at the man, whom I didn't know, I thought of the nicest words to say since my husband is the coach of the game he will be calling soon. My response was "UMM, yes I do. I am not that stupid. I haven't been out yet this spring and it just got warm enough for shorts." I went on about my business and he went on behind the plate.

Not only did he insult me and embarrass me, but he made uncalled for comments to my husband about his team. Brent was playing people who either: 1) didn't play much, 2) didn't play the position he had them playing and 3) this was not an official game, so it didn't matter as much.

He didn't stop there though, he made ANOTHER comment about my pale legs in comparison to his ex-wife... let me emphasis the EX part. Well after watching and listening to the man all afternoon I understood why she was his ex, without meeting the lady!

Needless to say this last week's umpires were not my favorite but I know we can't always have the best of the best. The hardest thing for me is to always remember to bite my tongue because of who my husband is. I am a very vocal person about certain things and I like to be heard, this isn't always good as a coach's wife...