EdFred
every day I'm shovelin'
One that causes us to lose a tourney?
OK, not really, it was us not hitting at all that caused us to lose, however, I have never seen a plate umpire this bad. She (I suppose I could stop there and would explain everything, but) had this "strike zone" that was just all over the place, inconsistent, and by all appearances had it out for me for some reason. Which was odd, because we were chatting between innings during the previous game, and she was completely professional and cordial. I basically had to pitch BP to the other team because anything on the outer or inner 1/3 of the plate was wide, anything I tossed over 7' was "too deep" (even if it landed 6-12" behind the plate) and anything under 7' was "too flat" even when it landed in the same spot. The other pitcher however, anything remotely close was called a strike. Had one come in 2' over our guy's head and land 4' deep - "strike." I am never going to argue balls and strikes, because everyone has their own zone, and didn't argue this game, except ask why a pitch was a ball when it was even considered a strike by the batter. It was so bad the base umpire came up to me after the game and apologized for her performance.
How do you properly/professionally/courteously deal with an umpire who is blatantly biased?
OK, not really, it was us not hitting at all that caused us to lose, however, I have never seen a plate umpire this bad. She (I suppose I could stop there and would explain everything, but) had this "strike zone" that was just all over the place, inconsistent, and by all appearances had it out for me for some reason. Which was odd, because we were chatting between innings during the previous game, and she was completely professional and cordial. I basically had to pitch BP to the other team because anything on the outer or inner 1/3 of the plate was wide, anything I tossed over 7' was "too deep" (even if it landed 6-12" behind the plate) and anything under 7' was "too flat" even when it landed in the same spot. The other pitcher however, anything remotely close was called a strike. Had one come in 2' over our guy's head and land 4' deep - "strike." I am never going to argue balls and strikes, because everyone has their own zone, and didn't argue this game, except ask why a pitch was a ball when it was even considered a strike by the batter. It was so bad the base umpire came up to me after the game and apologized for her performance.
How do you properly/professionally/courteously deal with an umpire who is blatantly biased?