working with 'that' partner....

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Originally Posted by HugoTafurst

It is an awkward situation, but first I have to ask why YOU called the dead ball. On an over throw, doesn't PU take the ball and BU the runners?

Shared responsibility. Whoever sees it, calls it. If you want to pick a nit, the throw to 1B is the BUs, PU has a responsibility taking him/her away from that side of the field.

The showcase I do are usually timed and as the coach said, the main thing is to get the girls a look, batting, fielding, baserunning, etc.
So after you demonstrated the correct award and the PU puts her back at third and OM doesn't care, I'd let it go (although I would be fuming at the PU for pulling something like that and have a few words with him after the game)

Oh and then I'd come here and vent!!!!

Which sounds pretty much like what you did.

I think the "I'm the plate umpire" comment may have set me off. Being the PU means absolutely nothing when it comes to the proper application of the rules. Now, if there are no applicable rule to be applied, then the PU takes control and makes the decisions.

Since I don't announce the base, but the award, I would have told R1, "two bases" and if the PU protested, I just may ask the coach if s/he wants to protest the game.

Yeah, I know, showcase, so I agree with the path you took here. Of course, that may be the last game with "that" partner.