Communicating more is what got him into this mess. I think it's good that they have their heads down to work harder on the game, so that they can hopefully deliver some of their promises.

Exactly! That’s how an umpire should tell a ballplayer not to do something without making the incident about the umpire. Even the umpires at the Little League level are more fundamentally sound.

The kid is awesome but I appreciate the umpire’s “I’m not gonna take this shit!..... but I won’t embarrass him either..... uhhh... let me brush this.... DONT FUCKING DO THAT AGAIN... okay Play Ball!”

Your glass is half empty, Brian!

I deal with backlogs by playing 1/4 of most games I buy and dooming myself to an eternity of half finished games that will haunt me until death.