Regular Partners

[BJ Moose]

I'm sure they could.. if the partners were BETTER then they were, or both were equal and committed to improvement.

Such regularity is not possible in many associations however. I will see 50 to 75 different guys each season. The same guy no more then 3 or 4 times max. Just the way the assigning goes.

IF Ump A is a decent medium dog, and his pal, Ump B sucks, Ump A is never going to get better working with him.

In fact, if you read down further on the Stone Tablets of the Antlered Arbiter, you will see this axiom:

The poor partner will crash your game by default.

Meaning that you will sink in the same cesspool as your lousy partner, so no matter how good your calls were, once he has kicked his share, you BOTH suck, in the eyes of the participants.

Mike B

Originally posted by Ump20

I would like to pose the question. Do you think umpires perform better when they work with "regular partners i.e. one to three guys on most games? Do they improve their skills doing so? Jim/NYC