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Where does your team play? I have done some PONY ball and the field director should never have anything to do with action or decisions inside the fence, until a protest takes place.
If you'll email me at
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I can probably give you some insight to the situation, or at least make it known to the Division Softball Director whose daughter was on my daughter's team.
I would email you, but the features have been turned off for some reason and I can't see your profile or email addres.
In the first scenario, I can understand why a newer umpire might be intimidated by a senior umpires. I don't approve of it, I just understand it. If he knows the rules and is sure of it, he needs to keep talking until the right decision is made, for the girls.
I have discovered over the years it doesn't matter what governing body you are playing under, you'll find umpires that are there for the money and don't care how good a job they do. It's a fact of life. If I work with people like that, I'll try to quietly talk to them so no one can hear our conversation and explain the correct rule to them and leave it to them to make the right decision. If I fail to do that, there is always the protest that can be made. I know that if I have a "brain fart" I want my partner to help me out immediately, but in a low key, discreet manner. I think all of us will admit we blow a rule once in awhile and as soon as we are asked about it, we know we did. Gotta get it right for the girls.
By the way "....going postal ....." has never won any brownie points on any field I've ever called on.