[bobbybanaduck]

allllrighty then. what i did isn't overly exciting, i just wanted to have people comment on and discuss the situation as they would have handled it, rather than on how i handled it. that being said, after he told me what he had said to the coach i simply turned and walked back to my starting position. there was nothing else to be said, in my opinion, as he had just cut my legs out from under me. doing anything else at this point would have resulted in an argument between me and my partner right there on the field, and that is not something that i am interested in.

after the game when we were in the parking lot...

i waited to see if he would bring it up instead of just starting in on him, as i likely would have bitten his head off and i was trying to remain calm. he did finally bring it up. after we discussed it a bit he said that it kinda caught him off guard when the guy came to him and he didn't want to get caught in the middle of the battle, so he just compromised. i told him that that was unacceptable by me because he had heard what i said both at the plate meeting and in my discussion with the coach. we continued to discuss it and decided that what it came down to was another example of the lack of proper training in our area. different guys enforce different things. nothing is universal. as i said in the OP, this guy is my association's VP. we brainstormed ideas on how to effectively deal with the situation so the whole group can benefit from it.