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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
If you surf the net on the various Umpire Discussion Forums one would think that being an umpire is akin to learning how to be a heart surgeon.
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It isn't?
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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
IMO, the best team wins no matter how "bad" or good the umpiring is.
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Wait Pete, they have to blame someone
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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
Therefore, IMO Umpiring is not that difficult. Yes one needs to do his/her homework. Generally speaking
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Maybe being a heart surgeon isn't that difficult, generally speaking (if you have the talent). Depends on a persons ability too, doesn't it.
Being a pilot isn't that difficult, generally speaking. But not everyone can do it.
The list goes on.
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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
ANYONE can umpire, however, not everyone can play shortstop for the NY Yankees.
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Anyone can do anything.....but can they do it well? Being a good ball/strike caller doesn't come naturally to everyone....sometimes it never comes to an umpire.
I'm not going to attempt to compare the complexity of being a surgeon with being an umpire (I'm married to a physician and know only too well what it takes to be a good surgeon). It's true the everyone can umpire ................ But not everyone can be a good umpire.
While it's true that there's only one F6 playing for the Yankee's there's only 28 umpire's working all of MLB full-time and only 220 in MiLB hoping for a shot at the Bigs. So obviously not everyone can umpire!