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Originally Posted by big
I had a new partner last week that I've never even met before which meant that he blew off the rules meetings. I had the dish. I called a balk in the 1st after which he was trying to signal me that I had the count wrong. He was telling me that I was one ball short in my count. Between innings he told me that I had failed to issue a ball on the balk. I told him you don't issue a ball on a balk. He was adamant that you did. A couple of innings later he told me I needed to get a rule book and learn the rules! After that he tried to start quizzing me on different rules. Whenever the innings ended after that & I saw him headed my way I headed the other way. I spent most of the rest of the game hanging out between Home & 3rd just to keep the peace!
I just found out that I’ve got him twice more this season. Any suggestions for dealing with this guy???
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The best way to deal with guys like this is to show them the rule.
I would copy the pertinent pages from the rule book - he might not even realize they came out of the book, highlight them and give them to him as we did the pregame.
I would not be ugly, but just say in our other game this was a few things that we had come up and we need to make sure we get them right "according to the rules.'"
I wouldn't argue the point, just give him the rules, point out what is correct and move on to the rest of the pregame.
As far as his calls, you can't do a thing - you just have to live with it.
Game a week ago and my partner looks at me PU for a call at third, (ball was IF and was dropped so runners were able to run. F1 picked up ball and threw to F5 for a tag. Partner made no call!
He also got his tail chewed out and I just watched - he deserved it and I wasn't going to intervene. Of course then coach came to me and let me have it for my partner and I had to take it also.
Part of the trade for what we love to do.
thanks
DavidI