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Originally Posted by azbigdawg
I would say this:
Sounds like your local national staff needs to work on better planning.
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I will let them know.
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Originally Posted by azbigdawg
I HEAVILY disagree with the multiple sport statement (but I have year around softball so I can stay sharp) I think you actually LIMIT your growth as an OFFICIAL if you only stick to one sport...and you limit your knowledge of softball if you only do one (FP or SP)
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At ASA Nationals, you are evaluated on how well you do with ASA mechanics.
In another case this week, a PU give a strike hammer with his palm facing the infield. Looked like a dead ball call with one hand. He later lamented that his baseball mechanics fooled the ASA umpires.
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Originally Posted by azbigdawg
as for the diversity issue...ASA..on the national level .....tends to have only one color to it....maybe getting others looked at and interested in going to the next level isnt such a bad thing overall. Hopefully it wasnt at the expense of quality.
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Getting others looked at is for pool play and early rounds. Not the Sunday crew. Sunday should only be quality, but it was not. Politically driven assignments compromised the quality.