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A partner who takes it upon himself to walk away, without even talking to me prior, is one I dont want to work with again. Think about the orig post--Nothing mentioned about both umps being attacked and upset, just the one.....If things were that bad, then why werent both umps involved?--Sounds like 1 had thin skin, and by walking away, left me hanging. I'm finishing that game w/ NO PROBLEMS from ANYONE.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like you must have been one "heck of a teammate"
Remember umpires like the players are a team. Many times when I played there were things that I didn't particularly care for that my teammates did or said, however, we were a team and we stood by one another. if we had a "beef", the time to "err it out " was in practice etc. away from the actual game.
Regardless of what you think, if your partner walks, you walk. It's just like the ole umpire saying "When one calls FOUL, we all call FOUL"
Generally speaking, you have to trust that your partner had a good reason for walking. If you disagree, disagree later away from everybody.
By your statement above, IMO it will be YOU who no-one wants to work with because you do not have your partners back.
Pete Booth
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