[NCASAUmp]

And going by the book is honestly one of the easiest ways you can always protect yourself in these kinds of situations. I've been bitten a number of times when there's only 35 seconds left on the clock, and the third out of the bottom half of the inning is made, forcing the game to go another disasterous 10-15 minutes. I hate it, it sucks, but hey... What can you do?

If your partner is in a hurry to get home, barring any emergency circumstances, why are they even bothering to umpire in the first place? Shorting teams their playing time only sends the message that the umpire is letting their schedule bias their calls (more outs = getting home faster, and the PU calling "ball" on good pitches = running out the clock). It even flies in the face of our own rule book which prohibits teams from monkeying with the clock through noticeable delays of the game.

In uniform, I have nowhere else to be other than the ballfield for the duration of the games. Period. If an umpire doesn't like that fact, at bare minimum they shouldn't call with me, or even not call at all.

Edited: Changed "fewest" to "easiest." My statement reads better that way.