Originally Posted by tcarilli

Tuss,

If he doesn't ask a question, why respond to him? That way you don't give him a chance to build steam. Your response that he was on the bag really amounts to nothing more than a sort of pissing contest, aka "he said, she said." Those things invariable turn into rabbit-season duck season...bang. With the umpire playing the part of Daffy Duck. If you make the call and move toward your next position and he says "he was off the bag" quietly as you implied, let it go keep moving. If he yells at you, try turning around holding your hand up as in a stop sign and saying something like "let it go." If he yells again say something like, "If you don't stop yelling, I will have to run you." This puts the ball in his court and you have warned him essentially twice.