Re: Re: Who's call
Fair enough, but I'd be tempted to wonder if the PU had actually "chosen to ignore" a remark, or simply didn't hear it in the first place. If someone makes a personal comment right in the guy's face, and he ignores it, fine. BUT, if the comment is from the dugout, the diamond or the coach's box then there's a distinct possibility that your partner didn't actually hear it. If that possibility exists AND you believe the comment crossed the line THEN you should be the one doing the ejecting regardless of who was the object of the insult. Agreed?
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Well I agree. A little story, MSBL this past season.Partner is older guy, his hearing got screwed up in the Army so he wears 2 hearing aids.First game, visitors are getting wupped up on, 26-1 and skipper is getting real shitty. Luckily, we hit time limit and take break. Second game, skipper gets rung up by partner and starts to throw a tizzy. As skipper gets to dugout, he turns towards pard and calls him a motherfu*****, I am in "B" and run this guy immediately. I know pard did not hear, he shuts his hearing aids off when working the dish.
Here's another sit I would like an opinion on. I was working with a weak partner in a game he really should not have been assigned, I got bases. Pard is having zone problems, low end inconsistent, especially the breaking stuff.After a couple innings he's getting rode on pretty good, lotsa dugout comments but nothing personal,yet. Finally happens, batter argues after called third and as he walks away, turns to pard and sez "you f****** suck!" Pard thens starts to warn this dude! I yelled out, "no warnings, he's done, NOW!", then I got both skippers and asked if they understood the "warning" I just gave. The comments subsided and the batters just had to hack away at those low ones! This is what I consider "protecting your partner", especially when the bantering is screwing up "nervous newbie" even more.
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