[Raymond]

JK,

Since there seems nothing else good to talk about in the forum right now (I hate MLB more than most of the Forum members hate the NBA) I'm deciding to pursue this camp thing.

In what context did the evaluator criticize this particular call? Did he immediately point it out when you came over? Was it just part of his list of comments he had for you? Did he have any positive comments about your performance? Did he offer up any type of constructive criticism for this play or any other play that occurred? Did he seem like one of those guys who was just there to fulfill an obligation to his supervisor?

I haven't been to a plethora of camps but I've been enough to know when to take an observer's comments to heart and when to blow them off. You're gonna come across good observers and bad observers. Observers who enjoy helping make other officials better and observers who couldn't care less about you and would rather be on the golf course.

I came across a real a-hole observer in one camp. Really has me reticent about ever attending that camp again even though it's probably my most favorable opportunity to breaking into DIII ball.