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[canadaump6]

Have any of you ever had the situation where you are on bases, and you do not feel safe due to lightning, but your plate partner lets them play on?

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by canadaump6

Have any of you ever had the situation where you are on bases, and you do not feel safe due to lightning, but your plate partner lets them play on?

You don't need your partners permission to stop a game if you feel there's a danger. I don't know of anyone I work with that would argue with me were I to make the decision to suspend the game due to a concern about lightening. And conversely, I wouldn't argue with any of them if they made the decision, even if I disagreed with it.



Tim.

[mick]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

You don't need your partners permission to stop a game if you feel there's a danger. I don't know of anyone I work with that would argue with me were I to make the decision to suspend the game due to a concern about lightening. And conversely, I wouldn't argue with any of them if they made the decision, even if I disagreed with it.



Tim.

Good call, Tim.
If we disagree then all the attorney fingers are pointing in our direction.

[piaa_ump]

Originally Posted by canadaump6

Have any of you ever had the situation where you are on bases, and you do not feel safe due to lightning, but your plate partner lets them play on?

If I'm on the plate and you are on the bases, Im looking out and you are looking in.........and you see lightning..........throw your hands up and call time.............

I dont know of anyone I work with that would criticize you for stopping the game........

To me, its just understood that that is one of those things we have equal jurisdiction over..........

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by piaa_ump

If I'm on the plate and you are on the bases, Im looking out and you are looking in.........and you see lightning..........throw your hands up and call time.............

I dont know of anyone I work with that would criticize you for stopping the game........

To me, its just understood that that is one of those things we have equal jurisdiction over..........

Agreed...I've suspended the game quite a few times while on the bases. If my partner disagrees, well that's his tough luck because I'm having everyone inside of the dugouts or emergency shelters immediately. It's one topic I will decide without directly discussing it with my partner, it's for his safety as well.

Seems as though nobody really carries such a device regularly.

-Josh