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I have to say that I'm the best ump in my disrict and I want any & all big games that are being played. Over the past couple years, this has been changing. There are several other umps around here who want to do thngs the right way - I'll tak part of the credt for that. I'll do their evaluations and work with them, but the key to theirimproving is that they want to do things right and are willing to listen in order to get there. Anyway, with this improvement, I'm stepping down from some of the choicer assignments. In another assciation that I'm part of, I'm just now getting to be known and I'm the on listening and looking for improvements. It's kind of a one-man version of "each one teach one or more". My district usally has 3 or 4 state championships and a regional every other year. I'm there from an hour before the first game on the first day until the last game on the last day. When not scheduled for the final or the IF game, I'm enjoying being in the beer bracket. I got a cheap thrill in a men's B regional a year or so ago - walked to the plate for the
pre-game, and the captain/catcher sez "Damn, Blue, you must be an old jarhead wih those shoes. The glare from that shine is gonna make it tough on my fielders." I admit, I take some pride in looking good, doing it rght, and especially in seeing thse I've worked with do it right. The problem here is that our commissioner thinks that all you need to do to be an ump is to fill out a registration form and give him a check. We're finally at the point where a number of those I've worked with want to have an active chapter - kinda like our high school chapter, but going into more depth. Joel, those who've taught you should feel good about where you've gotten to in a few years - especially ater all that corruption from coaching.
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Steve M
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