relatives calling games together??

[Iluvblue]

Just curious what you think of spouses, cousins, uncle/niece. mother daughter or whatever, umpires that are related calling games together.

No problem, should not happen and why.

This bit me in the arse last Summer as I had a grandfather and his grandson doing our game together. Not a good time.

[Rounding 3rd]

Great question. I had the same husband wife combo 3 or 4 times and they work together very well ---never had a problem and they have no issues with overturning a call on an appeal ( I think they actually got a kick out of it). Had a Father- Son combo once that was a huge side show. They said they worked together for 2 years but all they did was talk trash about each other the whole game. Dad was yelling out instructions and son cussing him out under his breath. The game stunk but the side show was worth the popcorn!!
Bottom line is you need to see them work togther--If they work togther to get the call right and make a good effort then who cares. JMO

[artomatic]

When we first started in travel, our first tournament was a USSSA one deep in the heart of San Pedro. I remember because the umps had red shirts...
anyways, a father son combo umped a few of our games.
Son was horrible and dad was so so.
I gave the son a hard time (I didnt know any better), and he threatened to run me.
The dad stepped in, told the son to back off, and apologized to me....
Looking back, I should have been the one apologizing...
The son was pissed the rest of the day.

Then you have Bryce and his son Lincoln.
Alot of people think Bryce is over the top, but he does a good job and I've never had any problems with either.