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Originally Posted by Tim C
If any of you have followed my "I have never done . . . " threads the following have happened to me:
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To All Rats:
I had the opportunity for long time officiating.com writer/poster "CoachJM" to attend a game where I was umpiring and afterwards have a great dinner conversation about baseball, umpiring and coaching.
It a very nice evening.
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While Tim may be somewhat "terse" in his posts on this board at times, he couldn't have been a more gracious host to this particular rat during my recent visit to Portland.
In regard to the game, I would say the officiating was of a
markedly higher caliber than the play (not to mention the
coaching, lah me).
After the game, Tim was pretty self-critical of his strike zone during the later innings. Personally, I saw exactly ONE pitch that I would have had an issue with had I been coaching in the game.
And, on the two plays when the BU went "out" on fly balls to the right/center gap, I've never seen a PU (that would be TEE in this case) exhibit better hustle in getting out to the working area for the possible impending play at 2B.
All in all, a most enjoyable evening; my only regret is that we didn't have more time for conversation after the game (due to my early flight the next morning).
JM