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Originally posted by Bob Lyle
Resumes are important. It helps to know what an umpire has done to effectively evaluate his ideas.
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Sparky,
Umpire resumes are like job resumes - they only help you get to the interview. Once you're there, face to face, it's is a different story.
Personally, umpire experience is only half the battle. The other half, and probably the most important, is ATTITUDE. There are guys with 5 years of pro ball experience that I would never walk on the field with because their attitude $uck$. There are also guys with only high school and JUCO level of experience that I would go to "battle" with.
Like I said before, you can get a pretty good idea of what kind of partner you have within the first couple innings you work with him. As far as I'm concerned, when we step out on the field together, resumes go out the window. We are a team out there and no one on the crew, including the crew chief, is better than any other member on the team.
Last but not least, and I'm sure you've heard this before, when you get to a certain level in umpiring, everyone is fairly even at the calling balls & strikes and safes & outs. What separates the good from the great is handling situations. Attitude and communication skills are two very important aspects to handling situations both on and off the field. This is where I think you/WCB & I differ and I'll leave it at that.