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Originally Posted by bniu
The other day, I worked with a PU who was so macho that he didn't use a mask in a fastpitch game!!! I'm serious, this guy refused to use a mask for a fastpitch game. Any brave (or dumb) souls here attempted such a thing? Or have any of ya'll forgotten your mask walking out there? I won't even do slowpitch without a mask or cup (a foul ball to the teeth is EXTREMELY PAINFUL will get you to worship the mask and a pitch to the groin will make you wish for the cup), couldn't imagine doing fastpitch with no mask...
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So...let's see if I have this straight. Your partner, who is charged with enforcing the rules, doesn't feel the need to follow the rules himself. All codes that I am aware of require the mask to be worn by all plate umpires. It is not an option. You should have pointed this out to him, and then not allowed him on the field until he complied with the very same rules he is charged to enforce!
I would have been on the phone to the assignor letting him know that I have a partner who refuses to comply with a basic rule of the book, and that I need a new partner ASAP so that the games could take place. If it was rec ball, I would have done the games one man.