Texas HS umpire covers plate with dirt on home run

[Chip R]

George, any opinion?

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/look-umpire-tries-to-sabotage-high-school-playoff-game/

[Assembly Hall]

OMG!!!!!!!

[cumberlandreds]

Looks like something you see on SNL.

[Dom Heffner]

That's one of the more pathetic things I've seen.

[BluegrassRedleg]

What was he hoping to accomplish??? Would have made more sense (in an idiotic way) on a live ball.


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[Slyder]

George, any opinion?

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/look-umpire-tries-to-sabotage-high-school-playoff-game/



I don't know what the equivalent would be in soccer but you lose your impartiality with this stunt. I don't know how a board can trust him with a playoff game again.

If he was trying to joke around because he knows the kid... Then I got to ask why did he not get assigned to a game that he wasn't associated with. Either way this guy is done for this year and investigating whether he refs for them ever.

[Chip R]

In the comments section, some were saying that the umpire covered the plate so he could see the kid's footprint when he crossed the plate. That sounds pretty odd to me.

[sdwagers]

In the comments section, some were saying that the umpire covered the plate so he could see the kid's footprint when he crossed the plate. That sounds pretty odd to me.
Video don't lie...

Ump intentionally covered it. If he need to see the kid touch plate - then stare at it, it was a flipping HR.

Ump should be barred for life, bush league is was it is.

[Sea Ray]

I'd like to hear more about this. Why would an ump think that an HR could be erased that easily? In other words why did he even think this would work? I can't believe that he's this devious and stupid.

[marcshoe]

I've stopped underestimating how much stupid is out there.

[Razor Shines]

I've stopped underestimating how much stupid is out there.

The very same thought ran through my head as I read that post.

[Reds Nd2]

Although not a TASO approved mechanic, it is not an uncommon practice with some officiating crews for the first base umpire to kick a small amount of dirt on home plate as a signal to the plate umpire that the first base umpire had home plate "covered". The umpire working the game on May 7th unquestionably took this practice to an extreme level that is unacceptable. His reason for raking dirt on home plate was to make the plate umpire work harder in sweeping off the plate, the action was intended as a good-natured jab at the home plate umpire.
http://www.taso.org/news/baseball/taso-investigation-report---texas-high-vs-whitehouse

[Slyder]

http://www.taso.org/news/baseball/taso-investigation-report---texas-high-vs-whitehouse

You do this between innings not after a home run.

[Chip R]

Sounds like a cover up to me. ;)

[KronoRed]

What a load.

[George Anderson]

George, any opinion?

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/look-umpire-tries-to-sabotage-high-school-playoff-game/

Moron