Thanks for the replies. That was my feeling. I've called a few of the games in the Minors when we had umps that didn't show (When you're the Commish you have to be vertsatile
and I had a ball... no pun intended. And I've called from the mound in practice... and thought 'this sucks'. I just didn't see how someone could feel confident that they were giving their best from such a disadvantaged position. Thanks much, SD