Relatives

IRISHMAFIA · #7 (**permalink**) Thu Jan 15, 2004, 04:52pm

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Originally posted by Dukat

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Originally posted by greymule
I often did her rec games, and the main problem was with her, not opponents. She always claimed I was too hard on her. She might have been right. Maybe I was subconsciously trying to be sure I didn't favor her.

That is part of my point, How can you stay impartial? It always seemed to me that in trying to stay impartial you end up as you stated being subconciously biased against.

When I started umpiring in the 60s, my first ejection was my brother. It wasn't because I was overcompensating. He thought he could get away with being a smarta$$ because I was his brother and would get away with it. Wrong! This was an 8-team league with only 3 umpires, so there was no scheduling around it. The entire league was well aware of the situation and the issue was never raised.

A few years back, another brother started playing softball and I ended up working a few of his games. In our area, we are assigned to fields and sometimes you are unaware of what teams are there. Once again, all participants were aware of the situation and no one had a problem with it.

Of course, the situation should be avoided if possible, but if it comes down to me working or no game, I'm working the game assigned.

It really doesn't bother me. You all know how anal I am about the game and the rules. I just see someone in a uniform.