Partner

[BigUmpJohn]

I think that you personally should ignore him AND send him to your partner. It's his call, his judgment, and his responsibility. I also believe the umpire edition of the rule book encourages sending coaches with arguments to the person who made the call, instead of you passing a message to the ump for the coach.

It does bug me to no end, however, when coaches, parents, etc. do not understand that we (umpires) are human and we do make mistakes. If your partner realized that they made a mistake and apologized, then the coaches should've let it go. Grrrr.... it just agitates me. I think that all of us try our hardest and do the best that we can and when a mistake is made, the flood gates open. Just venting a little.