Last night I had a really tough game. Unfortunately the reason behind the tough game was because my partner had a bad game behind the plate. I will not mention my partner's name or even the game I worked because he was trying very hard and I refuse to through anyone under the bus.
He just struggled behind the plate with his mechanics and his confidence. The worst part about it was that I was not the only one who noticed this. Both coaches and fans on each side pick up on it and gave him grief the entire game. His tough game seemed to make my game on the bases tougher. I had 3 bang bang plays on the bases in a row and they all went against the team losing big, which did not help.
I am bringing this up today because I want to talk about and discuss what can/should an umpire do when our partner is really having a tough time. Last night I did not do a whole lot except for a couple of rule interpretations I was able to help him out on. I basically kept to myself and just stayed in my outfield position in between innings. I figured if he was going to struggle, I would try and let him work his way out of it. After the game I did try and give him some pointers on what I thought he could improve on and then we left.
What do you do when you have situations like this one? Was I acting professionally by just leaving him alone until the end of the game? How can we avoiding these type of games?
Let me know what you think!
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