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Originally Posted by DG
I also don't talk with fans in the parking lot who want to b*tch.
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And I don't converse with b*tches in the parking lot who want to talk, either.
Tuss, don't go out of your way to be confrontational, but don't go from one extreme to the other either. You certainly don't owe the coach any explanation as to the strike zone. When he started in with the "I don't know what he's gonna call" crap, I would tell him to stay off my strike zone. Any further discussion of the strike zone would then lead to a quick hook.
As for the lady in the parking lot, I would tell her the same thing I would tell a man in that situation: "Disappear."
I have had a couple partners jump in their cars and split on me as soon as they got to the parking lot. I proceeded to scratch each official with my assignor. That is throwing your partner under the bus, IMO. You should always stay with your partner until it's time to leave the park, unless you tell the other umpire to go ahead and take off.