[M&M Guy]

Scrappy, you are truly wise beyond your years. It's too bad you're a Yankee fan. I could've swore you were a Cubs fan.

One of the toughest things I had to face as I was moving up was criticism. I mean, after all, I'm getting better games, why should I have to listen to someone telling me what I'm doing wrong? They're probably criticizing me because they don't want me to take away their games, right? Well, as I've progressed, I've started to impart some of my limited wisdom on younger refs, and I've encountered a little of the same "resistance". But, in my case, I'm not worried about them taking my games, I'm more worried about making them a little better in the game we're working now. Since I can see it from their point of view, I try to temper the message a little, so it doesn't come across as straight criticism.

Does that mean this guy wasn't a jerk? Don't know, because I wasn't there. But if he's going through the effort of giving you advice, maybe there's something there to take? You don't have to listen to everything, but I would bet he gave you something good to use.