The dumbest question is the one that goes unasked!
Mike......I know you have been exhasperated by some of my questions over the last year or so.......(grin)
I.......probably like many other umpires have made numerous boo-boo's over the years.
I feel that the type of discussions that we have on these boards are extremely valuable.
It makes the veterans and non-veterans alike.......think things through and go to the book to get things right.
My first year on the ASA test........I took it after all the rule clinics and such and it took me probably 3 days (I know I spent at least 8 hours looking stuff up) to be confident in my answers.
On at least 25-30% of the test that I felt confident on, I found that I was either incorrect......or correct for the wrong reason (And this was after having coached SB for 6 years). I had also umped BB when I was in college many years earlier.
Every year it has gotten easier........but the knowledge I have gained here has been invaluable.
Joel