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Re: Finally,
The last few years I've seen in our area a big changing of the guard in our HS ball.
NAIA and NCAA continues to be a troublesome issue since the guys in charge of those leagues are still back in the dark ages.
But we have had many of our "big dogs" quit umpiring and the change has been pretty good for the most part.
But I still hear stories from our home teams as they travel the state that so many of our state associations still are "business as usual."
That's the hard part. Heard part of a game today on radio and three man crew. Ball hit in gap in LF and BR misses first base supposedly.
U1 calls him safe but is over-ruled by PU. PU was the big dog umpire, but with three man that should not have been his call. (At least that's the way our association covers it.)
Regardless, it made a big problem with a big game. Might have been the right call but didn't sound like it was handled properly.
Now PU is "big dog" guy who schedules most all of the summer league tournaments. (And he's a good umpire)
I don't know who was at first, but I would have been ticked if that would have happened with me at first.
My point is that the "big dog" got away with it while the "little dog" would have been in trouble had he made the same call.
Thanks
David
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