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Wow!
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"If you don't have an ego, I don't want to work with you." I could not agree more! I want my partner to want to fight me for the dish, be self-assured to the max, and not allow any sign of weakness. "Big Umpires Make Big Calls In Big Games!" Pete noted: "If you are "out for yourself" and have an EGO I am glad you would not want to work with me." I am "out for myself" everytime I enter the field. I know that if I do my job, get my calls and have a great pre-game the umpire crew will be successful. Give me too much ego over a "Sally" anytime. Regards, |
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There is a difference between umpires with a solid, secure ego and those who are egotistical. I've worked with both Like Tee, I want a partner with a healthy ego. Like you, I don't want a partner who inappropriately displays that ego.
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What Garth said.
Why do guys find the need to fight over the stick? Nearly all my partners and I resolve the position debate by flipping a coin in the dressing room. We respect each other and each other's ability without having to have some junior-high-like bravado show. Nearly all the guys I know who display the "I'm the man, and the plate is MINE!" attitude in the dressing room are miserable pr!cks outside it. More than one of them has a FUBAR strike zone to boot. |
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Go ahead....
work with a guy that is (or guys that are) push-overs. You most-likely will find yourself in a game that is tortuous and burdening.
You will have to cover your partners posterior repeatedly or face an unfair judgement of your game management skills. Best to have a competent, self-assured individual that is unwavering and intrepid. Games will be much more smooth. Mind you....self assuredness and competence can be misconstrued as ego, especially if the rat has a big one and is set to make the excuse of blaming game officials for his short-comings as coach or manager. Of course, that never happens. My $.02
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There is something between an overbearing pompous egocentric umpire and a dress wearing namby-pamby. Why do you guys have to argue in the extremes?
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Well I have no problem with what Tim was referring to. We too are assigned our positions when we get our games. So if I show up to a game where I am assigned to work the plate with a younger member and he takes out his gear wanting to do the plate, that fine with me! I welcome partners that come forward wanting to handle the dish because I've had more than my share of partners that:
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My first year and a half umpiring I worked the plate almost exclusively, as most of my games were solo jobs. My partner was Harvey the Rabbit and I was Jimmy Stewart.
As I moved along, working 8 to 10 games a week, I would often have the plate for 5 or 6 of these games. We take turns working the plate here depending on who had it the last time you worked with that partner. Many times I would "owe" someone the plate. Sometimes it would just work out that it was my turn with everybody I was scheduled to work with. On days with multiple games with the same partner, we would of course rotate each game. But I know I've worked many more plates than bases over the years. As much as I love working the plate, when it came time for me to have my turn on the bases, it was usually a welcome treat.
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