Other ways to handle it?

[Justme]

IMHO several mistakes were made.

1. Your rookie partner didn’t sell his call. That happens to those new guys sometimes….they’re like a deer in the head lights.
2. When the coach came to you, you should have sent him to the dugout NOT to your partner. Why would you ever ‘send’ the coach to talk to your partner? That sounds like a rookie move on your part. NEVER offer your partner up to a coach, especially a rookie partner.
3. You should have made it clear to the coach that it was a judgment call and you don’t argue those calls. In fact when I saw the coach coming I would have warned him that we don’t discuss safe/out. But I would have added “Coach, I had her out too”. That might have defused the situation.
4. When the coach came to you and said that he wanted to appeal the game you should have told him what the rules say.
5. You should have tossed the scorekeeper sooner.

When I work with a partner for the first time I always learn what his experience level is. I want to know if I need to look out for him more than normal.