What is an appropriate response by a manager to an umpire's missed call in a baseball game?
The appropriate response for a manager regarding a missed call may vary. Sometimes if he really believes that it's an unusually bad call, then he has to fight for it and show his team, especially if one of his players was called out who has begun to argue, he's got to deflect that, get his player off the field so that he doesn't get thrown out, and he's got to argue the point to keep the respect of his team or the excitement of his team. There's even times when you have to argue a call to the point where you might get thrown out. It seems like not great sportsmanship, but sometimes it's part of the game to get thrown out to wake your team up if they're going through a difficult time. For the most part, as a manager you want to display good characteristics. You don't want to look bad in front of kids who you're a role model for, so for the most part you try to treat the umpire with a great deal of respect because they're doing the best they can. Go out there and argue in a way that has a little bit of class to it, in that you're not trying to show the umpire up. Hopefully you will then gain the umpire's trust and respect that way by not purposely showing him up in case you did miss the call. You tend to get repaid really well down the line by holding that kind of mentality. That's the safest way to go, is to give the umpire the respect.
