Tee et al.,
I don't know how good an umpire I am or anyone else is because it is hard to evaluate plate and base jobs from the keyboard
. I would love to keep a journal of my almost 13 years of umpiring. I have tried to start journals but I just never follow through. I am someone that relies too much on the file cabinet that is my brain. Anyway, I say if you can keep a journal do so. If you can't you will probably still survive. I am a firm beleiver that history teaches us many things since we can't know where we are going unless we know where we have been.
Lawrence