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yell "FAIR BALL", thats funny. I can remember my first year at umping and doing my first 2-man game. It was a DH Mens League. First off I had told my partner PRIOR to getting on the field while we were getting dressed that this was my first 2-man game, he didnt seem to care much and said "No problem, you'll do fine". He offered no help or anything. I had read about rotations so I kind of knew some but not all.
Anyway, the first game I was in the field. Didn't do too bad I think. The second game I was on the plate. We had a ball hit just inside the third base line close to home, the catcher picks up the ball as the runner is running towards first. As soon as the catcher touchs the ball I yell out "FAIR BALL". Everyone stopped and looked straight at me. That's the moment I felt like the airline commercial "Ever want to get away?" Then the catcher regained his senses and threw to first to retire the BR. The BR was pissed but it happened and he was called out.
I had a couple of other blunders in that game and my partner was of no help. At the end of the game he just basiclly yelled at me and said what a ****ty job I did. I was like "Dude, I told you I was new to this and I needed some help and guidance", but he was just an ***. Needless to say I never worked with him again.
I look back on that now and laugh, what an idiot. But thats ok, at least I can laugh at my own mistake and have learned from it.
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