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Originally posted by BlitzkriegBob
...the only problem we had was that I was unwilling to listen to his explanation of why he made a particular call, I guess my walking away from him left him with a chip on his shoulder for me. ... The problem I had was that the other umpire didn't come to me at some point to share his thoughts with me. ...
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Just a thought... these might be connected.
My first year of umpiring, I was partnered with a GOV. What I didn't appreciate was the during-the-game (not even between innings) coaching with hand motions, and even to the point of explaining to one of the coaches that my call was wrong (it wasn't, BTW). Now, I would never put up with this behavior, but then...
OTOH, that same year I also partnered with the state UIC for a couple of games and he provided excellent suggestions during low-key between inning conversations.