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DG
"But I'm not gonna write it down and read about it 3000 games from today."
I recognize that I am not as good as umpire as you.
I find that the journal has allowed me to track and understand my development as an umpire. The same issue should not come back to the front over the years . . . I should be able to work on new issues.
Having diaries of over 3,000 games has allowed me to compare where umpiring in general was in the 60's . . . the changes in the 70's . . . the affect on me of going to professional school twice in the 80's . . . the frustrations I felt in the 90's when I relocated to three different areas of America and what I did to keep working games at the top of the heat . . . and now in 00's seeing the documented change to group hug umpiring and the "get the call right" philosophy.
DG, I try to imrove as an umpire each year, each game, each inning and even each pitch -- documenting what I do, the games I have worked and the issues that re-occur has helped me greatly over the years.
I am not suggesting that anyone use the system I have developed . . . I am not suggesting that what works for me works for others . . . I also recognize that most people feel as you do.
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