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

[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.

[Kevin Finnerty]

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]

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]

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]

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

[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.

[Rich]

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.

For my 6000th post, I just want to say:

This ties for the dumbest thing ever posted on this board. It did not fail to meet expectations, though.

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

For my 6000th post, I just want to say:

This ties for the dumbest thing ever posted on this board. It did not fail to meet expectations, though.

Congrats on No. 6000. Just wish it could have been under better circumstances.

And you are correct.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

For my 6000th post, I just want to say:

This ties for the dumbest thing ever posted on this board. It did not fail to meet expectations, though.

Congratulations on 6,000. I was going to say something similar about the post, but every time I say anything remotely negative about this individual, it gets deleted.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Congratulations on 6,000. I was going to say something similar about the post, but every time I say anything remotely negative about this individual, it gets deleted.

If it does, well, I will get 6000 later. Much later. I'm leaving for the Netherlands to umpire a tournament this afternoon.

[cc6]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

For my 6000th post, I just want to say:

This ties for the dumbest thing ever posted on this board. It did not fail to meet expectations, though.

Care to say what you didn't like about it, rather than just making an attack?

[Matt]

Originally Posted by cc6

Care to say what you didn't like about it, rather than just making an attack?

Why? You don't listen to constructive criticism anyway.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by cc6

Care to say what you didn't like about it, rather than just making an attack?

Attack?

Mild criticism by an online poster of a trivial matter raised by another online poster is not an attack.

Attacks involve violence, or extreme aggression. How much has the language been toyed with that a comment about a post being dumb is labeled an attack? So the post was dumb. Big deal. You're probably both decent guys as I am, and Steve is. It's just that of the four of us, three of us thought the post was dumb. And I say that unaggressively and non-violently, so as not to have it simplistically labeled as an attack.

[SethPDX]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

For my 6000th post, I just want to say:

This ties for the dumbest thing ever posted on this board. It did not fail to meet expectations, though.

I thought it was pretty good, ranks right up there with a few others.

Given the direction this thread is taking, I need to add: In before the lock!

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

General. I credited the French gals with popularizing the art, and he read something else into it and started a debate about its origin.

With me, it's like baseball: I don't care who invented it, just as long as I get to enjoy it.

Kevin, I sent you a PM about something unrelated to this post. Just wanted to let you know in case you didn't see it already.