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Originally Posted by CecilOne
If you do not understand an umpire consulting a partner and keeping/changing a call based on information obtained;  I hope you do not live close enough to ever be my partner.  |
We (you and me) once had a teacher in the assn. He umpired for vacation money. My first year in the assn, I redlined him as a partner. Told Dan and Bob to never schedule me with him.
Reason was because the two times we got together on a call, he refused to participate.
First time, I went to him on a possible pulled foot. He told me there was a hot mom in the stands and refused to say anything else. The second, he came to me and told me he didn't want any information because in HIS game on HIS field HE wasn't going to change any calls made. Kicker was, he missed a very clear tag, but never really told me what the coach asked.
I don't need a partner on the field that is not going to be a partner on the field.