[newump]

i had the plate at an american legion game tonight. good crowd and good teams. my partner is a veteran high school umpire who happens to be the president of a local high school association (not mine).

bottom of the first, no outs, R1. ground ball to F4, he flips to F6 for the force and F6 attempts to relay to first to turn the DP. R1 clearly slides out of the base line in an attempt to disrupt F6. both of R1's legs are on the outfield side of the bag. he reached out with his left hand to grab the bag. He was out and BR was safe at first. I was close to the mound watching the play develop at 2nd and immediately called interference and indicated that BR was also out due to FPSL. text book call.

3rd base coach - (head coach) and 1st base coach descend on me and both are eventually ejected after lengthy arguments. they both hit the magic words - "you suck" and "you're an *******" they then con'td to rant and rave and refused to leave the field. my "partner" did not budge from the "A" position the entire time. i tried walking away, turning my back, ignoring the coaches, threatened forfeit, etc. my "partner" never once came to my assistance. this lasted at least 10 minutes. eventually, we realized that the team did not have any additional coaches remaining - i declare a forfeit. on my way off of the field i'm cursed at and bumped by a player - i eject him. a fan refuses to let me out of the field and threatens me, the asst coach follows me into the parking lot and another fan acosts me at my car. never once did my partner say a single word or take a step in my direction to assist me.

this coach has a reputation for being an a..hole. i've never had any issues with him in the past. but, i think my partner was actually afraid to get involved!!!

i still can't believe it all went down the way it did.
i've sent an ejection report to my assignor and the league commissioner.
any suggestions with how i should deal with this "partner" in the future?
i've just starting doing college ball, so i don't really deal with him much at all during school ball.