[BuggBob]

Evaluations/ratings. This year our board voted to implement a evaluation/rating system to select umpires for our highly coveted post season berth -- sounds good. Only thing is that there were no actual evaluations or ratings done so we reverted back to our old system of selecting an umpire based upon the following criteria: is he qualified? did he work the required number of varsity games? did he attend the required number of meetings and clinics? was he cooperative with the assigner? has he gone in the past or recently? While the umpire eventually selected for post season play was a well qualified umpire he may not have been our association's top umpire. Now some of the non selected umpires are starting to whine. Who's number one, number two, why was I selected, and so on. My question to you folks is how many of you use a rating system to choose your post season berths? I know the local baseball association uses a rating system and the same one guy goes to the playoffs year after year. Under our current system we spread the honor out among the best umpires, but not necessarily the one best umpire.

Your input are most welcome
Bugg