[cmckenna]

Garth,

I am not arguing the point about training, I feel training is very important and I wish I had more time to get more myself. It was easier for my basketball training because it was done at a time of the year when I was not so busy.

The point I was trying to make is that there are some organizations that do not have the benefit of having thousands of people to draw from nor the financial resources to provide professional umpires at this level. You have to take what you can get. We do our best to provide the teams with the best quality we can. Would we like to have better, sure but dreams don't always come true.

I take everything I learn here as well as what I learn from talking to those who are higher level umpires and attempt to apply it every time. I agree that there are some who don't want to learn and think they know it and can do it.

It's just that every time someone mentions LL on here, it is a broad generalization. Maybe someday someone on here will have the nads enough to post a story about a good experience they had working a LL game. But it is always easier to bash.

I am sure no one on here can say that they were perfect their first time out.

As far as what I said about keeping it in perspective... that was in reference to calling an out with the thumb... If the call was right, do you think anyone other than the other ump really cared that he used his thumb ???