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JoeD1 --
On the other hand, here is my idea of a really incredibly good partner. It was about my fourth game ever -- well, I don't know, maybe sixth. I handed the ball to be inbounded, the girl with the ball reached it across the line and the defender stole it. I knew it was legal, because I had just been studying that section of the book at breakfast. (Okay, I know, my husband has already told me this is weird!) But my partner watched for a second, waited and finally blew his whistle. He waved me over and asked me why I hadn't blown it. I said I knew it was legal, he disagreed, but I held my ground. By this time the coach of the girl who had lost the ball was screaming. My partner went over to that coach and defended me! On a rule that he didn't understand! Even though he knew how inexperienced and uncertain I was! When the coach asked why he blew his whistle, he said he hadn't known that rule, and wasn't it lucky I was so well-versed? Totally non-sarcastic, completely serious. Then he took the ball, gave it to the team that had stolen it, and off we went. Wow! What a man!
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