I think that they need to talk and ask what was the reason for it.

Honestly I would be so angry at the coach for putting that idea in the kids head of hitting me on purpose. I would tell the coach that that was so unsportsmanlike and make him sit down and not go back on the field for any more time outs and make him talk to that catcher

I feel like the best thing to do is to talk it out with the coach and see why he let his players do that. For the ump, I would’ve asked why the coach didn’t go to him right away and talk it through before pushing it to far.

I think the best thing that could be done in this type of situation would be to talk with the players and coaches individually not making the situation worse and letting them know that if they have an issue they should address it and not react the way that they had as this was poor sportsmanship and could have lead to injury and or something worse.

I would talk to the coach’s and not let it effect more than the game

I would probably give the coach some sort of suspension maybe even talk to the league and see what they do because this sort of unsportsmanlike act shouldn’t be taught to kids, and shouldn’t be taught to do such things. Who knows what else he plans with his players, this just shows how bad of a coach he really is.

I think that I would talk to the coach and ask him the reason why he decided to do that.

I would talk to the coach and give them some sort of penalty

I believe the situation must be talked out. Even after talking though, the players involved and the coach must be ejected. The umpire must also go to a higher authority of the league as well and see if the team will be ejected from further play. This situation cannot be tolerated. This umpire could have been seriously hurt and it simply comes down to respect and safety.

I think they need to talk to the athlete and coaches and decide what to do with him for the rest of the game.

the best way to react is professionally however aggravating it is you stay professional no matter how wrong it is. you would they were just meeting and talking about whatever but you didn’t know they were plotting to intentionally hurt you. then i would talk to the coach and tell them that it was obviously on purpose

Honestly I’ll be very angry at the Coach for putting those kind of ideas in those children’s head, it’s very unsportsmanlike and really childish of him.

At the end of the day even if the umpire made the wrong call, plotting against him was unnecessary. I personally think the coach should be fired and the players need to have a talk about sportsmanship.

I would be so disappointed with the coach for putting the idea into the players but also the player for going along with it. It’s understandable if they’re angry but there was no reason for it to result in them hurting another person. I would talk to the entire team and ask them about the whole situation then proceed from there.

I would keep it cool but I would either like card them after or talk to the coach and ask why he’d let his players do that

I would be upset but I would continue to be professional no matter how unprofessional that situation was. Of course though there has to be consequences because that is unacceptable as a coach. I was talk it out with the other officials to decide his punishment. Personally, I think he should be fired. No matter how unfair the umpire was, no “coach” would do that and involve the kids as well. The kids should have stepped and said something. Most likely there were afraid but still that is unacceptable.

Even though the Coach and the player made a bad decision which could have ended badly. I would report the coach for bad sportsmanship and try to get the team ejected from the game. I would do this professionally while keeping my cool.

I would probably just leave. That’s totally unethical and unsportsmanlike. If you feel a way about a call you need to communicate that. I would leave.

My thoughts are forfeit rest of game coach gone for 2 years minimuim. Catcher and pitcher gone for a year. We as umpires are back there defenseless. We expect to not be targeted at all nor have a ball directed at our heads where our lives are put on the line. This is a hobby it’s not a job. We are not major league umpires at all. The catcher is our number one protector. If she’s not doing her job of catching or attempting to at least block the ball so we as umpires can do our job. It’s just recess for the kids then. Safety is the number one rule in the game. You take that out of our hands when you drill an umpire. Umpire will strike back he will take your car your house and live in easy street. Respect the game respect the umpires respect the players respect the coaches. Ask yourself this how would you feel if that was say your mom, your brother your dad or sister or a family member or family friend and they were doing the best they could. We can see up and down but not inside or out depending on where you sit.

I think that sportsmanship is always need for every sport you are going for and that even if there’s been hard time between one another you have to keep it out of your sport.