[UmpJM]

SMEngmann,

While I agree with Rags that the umpire's behavior in throwing his partner under the bus was reprehensible, as someone who coached for 13 years prior to umpiring, I'm not sure I'd "do" anything about it if I were you.

From my perspective, that's an issue for the umpires to deal with among themselves, and I doubt that your input would be appreciated.

Having said that, I've got to admit I'm kind of curious about two points...

1. WTF was the PU doing making the call at 3B in the initial sitch you described?!!? If I'm the PU in that sitch, as soon as I see there's no play on R1 I'm letting my partner know "I'm goin' HOME!" and HE's got any ensuing play on the BR at 3B.

2. On the "roll the eyes" call, did the BU get it right, or did he FUBAR?

Regardless, no excuse for throwing your partner under the bus, but I'm still curious.

JM