‘arrogant and confrontational’....you nailed it! it is this youtube video thing that the kids enjoy, the look at me deal etc. these umps these days really think they are part of the program! it was NEVER like that! pulling teeth! I love it....and even then these want to be athletes, the umps, resent these kids out there working hard on the diamond, in great shape as most young studs are....... “that should have been me out there....I’ll put this kid in his place”....really a sad thought about men who should be more secure. I might be wrong on this but..
You’re not wrong. You’re pretty much saying everything I’ve ever said about umpires - I feel like they resent the athletes on the field because they can’t do it - especially baseball umpires. I can’t really say it any better than you just did.