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Old Sat Jan 30, 2010, 10:58am
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Originally Posted by bas2456 View Post
When you do one person, and it sounds like last night was not your first rodeo, do you ask the players to help you on OOB? Can you trust them to be honest?
I don't remember saying anything. I do know I had little to no tolerance for whining, though.

My moment was working baseball when my partner (who drove and had the only plate gear) had chest pains before the game. He insisted we play as he headed to the hospital. I gave the teams a choice -- either I'd work behind the mound or we could call it. Behind the mound I went.

I ejected a coach later in the game on a squeeze play that ended up being a close play at the plate. I called the runner safe, the coach said he missed the plate, and then he told me maybe if I hustled more I would've seen that. Goodbye. After that, I probably would've simply told the coaches I was going to the hospital with my partner and left.
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