The Devil's Advocate

[SC Ump]

Originally posted by sunfudblu
My wife's team...

Can I presume that you have not been married long? The reason I ask is the this is not a umpire/player question, this is a male/female question.

I betting the problem is not that you disagreed, it is the fact that you were all having a bonding moments. For the evening and much of the next morning, you were bonding with the others. Even here you are trying to keep one foot on that side of the fence, "the ref did call a LOT of lift violations." Whatsa matter? Scared your wife's gonna read this? (ha ha - just ribbin' you.)

And then, you mean nasty brute, you sat there eating breakfast with her and her parents, after all that bonding, and you said, "I'm not bonding with you anymore, I'm a loner and just want to point out it could be all your fault." (I don't care what you said, that's what they heard.)

Two choices next time:

(a)"Well you know, the ref had the better point of view and he is more experienced in judging lifting violations." and start saying this from the beginning and keep saying it.

- or -

(b)"Yeah, that official was terrible. They were the worst I've ever seen." and then stick with it.

The only problem, they will never believe you are in the (b) category again, they will always suspect that you're thinking (a). I hope you like cold cereal.