Bad day

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Originally Posted by RPatrino

While drinking a cold one I :

1) Determine what went wrong.
2) If I missapplied a rule, I look up the rule and try to learn from it.
3) If I kicked a call, I ask myself if I was in the wrong position, and I learn from it. If I just blew the call, from lack of focus or just a plain old "brain fart" I try to learn from it.
4) If I displayed poor game management, I was argumentative or lost my composure, I try to determine what triggered it and learn from it.

You might notice a recurring theme, "learn from it". No one is perfect, we strive for it, but will never acheive it.

Learn from it and move on. You will get better.

Bob P.

If you have a partner who is not God's gift to umpires a post game debriefing and discussion can do wonders.

HOWEVER if you do have a partner who is God's gift to umpires you've just been blessed with a scape goat!