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Worse thing I've ever had a partner do is NOT SHOW UP!!!!!!
Nothing worse than having your partner NOT show up and NOT call the school to let them know.
I've never had it happen in baseball before but it has happened 3 times so far in softball. Since softball has the shorter 60 foot bases and the teams didn't want to go to the hassle of re-scheduling they agreed to play with just one ump.
I made it very clear that I would do it ONLY if I got both checks and ONLY if I didn't hear any crap from either side on close calls.
All 3 times the games went fine (2 were actually 10 run rule blowouts). Actually if you clear the catcher and head toward 1st base you get a heck of a good angle on "bangers" on first. One time I had a good tag and an out on a steal at second but since I had just cleared the plate I ask them to "show me the ball". When the 2nd baseman showed the ball I called the runner out with no arguments.
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"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it"---Former MLB Umpire Cal Hubbard
"I've never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes"---Leo Durocher
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