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First inning of a JV tourney. I'm PU. Banger comes in at home. Ball beats the runner, and I call him out. VTHC comes out and says he missed the tag. I spoke with my partner who confirmed that the catcher missed the tag. *sigh* - nothing good can come of this, but better to get the call right. This sammich isn't looking very tasty. I overturn myself and call the runner safe at home. Naturally the HTHC comes out now and asks if I want the BU to call balls and strikes for me, too. Things settle down for a couple of innings. Third inning. HT batter steps a foot out of the batters box as the catcher is attempting to throw to 3B to put out a baserunner - the ball deflects off the batter's helmet. I called BI based on the discussion here at http://umpire-empire.com/index.php/topic/61470-batters-box-what-to-do/. Again the HTHC comes out and claims that the batter can't be interfering because he's in the batters box (not unexpected, in and of itself). But then he says "your other umpire has been overturning your calls all day, do you want to get him in here to help?" I said "coach, that's your warning." He responded with "Really? That's my warning? Really?? No." At that point I ejected. So I wanted to get on here and let you guys know that (1) I appreciate the rules discussions here that made me very confident in ruling what I did, and (2) my reading here has helped me understand the time and place for ejecting (i.e. the "three P's") and that doing so doesn't make me a bad person.
