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BTW, Kellers: Do you ever get into the credibility problems of female umpires or "they can't disagree, they're married"?
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Actually we do have some coaches that don't realize that we are married during a pregame and have tried to play us against each other "God blue she is just awful......""Yeah she may be a little off....I will talk to her when we get home tonight." "What do you mean When we get home tonight?" "Oh (With my best dumbfounded look) you didn't know that she was my wife?" Usually ends all complaints.
In all honesty I joke by saying "Most married couples argue about money, we argue about rules and who kicked what call." When we are on the field, being married does not matter....When asked we WILL overturn a call without hesitation if the other missed something. I don't protect her and she doesn't protect me....It's hard sometimes, but we strive to as professional as possible.
As for Female umpire credibility, that has only come into play when we call baseball(which we have retired from as of this year.). Once again, she can handle herself and I just sit back and watch.
