Would you ever send an idiot partner home in the middle of a game?

LDUB · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Jul 08, 2009, 09:55pm

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Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

But, out of respect for the game, for the competitors, for the craft of umpiring, and out of my own sense of pride and integrity as a human being, I was on the brink of taking the authority.

Yes, you're integrity as a human being would lowered if your partner wasn't up to your qualifications. How could you live with yourself knowing that there is a sports official in the world who really sucks?

You are really overstepping your powers, even Joe West agrees with me.

w_sohl · #2 (**permalink**) Thu Jul 09, 2009, 08:08pm

carry a cell phone onto the field if your wife may go into labor? Just kidding, because I assume everyone would count this as an exception.

Kevin Finnerty · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Jul 09, 2009, 08:17pm

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Originally Posted by w_sohl

carry a cell phone onto the field if your wife may go into labor? Just kidding, because I assume everyone would count this as an exception.

ABSOLUTELY!

Was it a boy or a girl?

w_sohl · #4 (**permalink**) Fri Jul 10, 2009, 01:24am

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Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

ABSOLUTELY!

Was it a boy or a girl?

Wife had the baby before basebasll season 08 so I didn't work baseball that season.

Matt · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Jul 09, 2009, 08:27pm

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Originally Posted by w_sohl

carry a cell phone onto the field if your wife may go into labor? Just kidding, because I assume everyone would count this as an exception.

Yep, and I did.

biggravy · #6 (**permalink**) Thu Jul 09, 2009, 10:11pm

One reason I officiate is to get a two hour break from my damn cell phone.

cc6 · #7 (**permalink**) Fri Jul 10, 2009, 02:40am

You cannot eject your parnter. There is no rule allowing it. The point of an umpiring crew is to act as collective unit. Now if you actually thought you could send your crew member home, the best way to do so would be to humiliate your partner into not wanting to stay at the game. How would you do this? Tell the coaches how weak he is, and diss your partner out loud so that everyone can hear you. Then pray that they choose to side with you rather than being angry at your lack of integrity. If all works out, your partner will be so humiliated that he will leave. But the chances of pulling this off are slim to none. Know your audience. If the teams are morally upstanding, they won't appreciate a partner who throws another one under the bus. If it backfires, you will be leaving the diamond. Be careful is my only warning.

Rich · #8 (**permalink**) Fri Jul 10, 2009, 09:46am

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Originally Posted by cc6

You cannot eject your parnter. There is no rule allowing it. The point of an umpiring crew is to act as collective unit. Now if you actually thought you could send your crew member home, the best way to do so would be to humiliate your partner into not wanting to stay at the game. How would you do this? Tell the coaches how weak he is, and diss your partner out loud so that everyone can hear you. Then pray that they choose to side with you rather than being angry at your lack of integrity. If all works out, your partner will be so humiliated that he will leave. But the chances of pulling this off are slim to none. Know your audience. If the teams are morally upstanding, they won't appreciate a partner who throws another one under the bus. If it backfires, you will be leaving the diamond. Be careful is my only warning.