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Old Fri Nov 18, 2005, 04:49pm
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Re: Re: Hmmm,

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Originally posted by Tim C

Now Steve, you seem to put a lot of importance in your local association. You name drop continually of players that enventually become MLB guys.

I doubt seriously if San Diego is that much better than many of the areas where noted posters on this site work.

Tee

Tee,

In 1992, our commissioner was trying to dramatically improve our umpire association and was looking for ideas to copy. We had Jim Evans in for a clinic and he told us about many of the local associations that he had visited. Our commissioner asked him to name the best one that he had ever seen.

Without hesitating, Jim named San Diego. Since then, I've heard several well traveled umpires name San Diego as an association that has their stuff together. None of my information, however, is more recent than 1997. An association can go into the toilet in a hurry without proper leadership so who knows what the present state of affairs is.

Peter

Peter:

The discussion is about baseball player talent, not umpire organizational skills.

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