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Yesterday in a JV game I was PU and we had a pitcher that wasn't the smoothest of guys when it came to his delivery. He threw one pitch and in the middle of the AB my partner (BU) calls time and calls the home JV coach out of the dugout and begins to speak to the Home pitcher and JV coach. I wait about a minute thinking "surely he won't drag this out." After a little bit, the Varstiy HC yells to me from the dugout "Terry can we move this along? We've got coaching clinics in December we don't need one right here. If he's balking, call a balk." I had already begun walking to the mound at this point. When I got there all I said was "Are we ready to play, fellas?" The meeting broke up and we proceeded with play. After the game my partner says, "I really don't like that you walked out there on me, it hurt my feelings." While I'm not trying to hurt his feelings or step on his toes, we were an hour into an 1 1/2 hour game and delays were costing the home team precious time. Did I do the right thing in walking out or should I have let my partner finish? At what point do I as the PU need to assert myself in keeping the game moving and how do I do so without being offensive?
