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Justme,
OK I appreciate that.
I love the game as much as you or anyone on this board. I am no stranger to the physical price that can come with the game. I tore up both shoulders playing the game in my younger days and have matching surgical scars on each. I first umpired when my oldest son was in LL nearly 20 years ago. His baseball days were short numbered and my youngest son chose other sports. I would have umpired for the local LL for free even w/o kids in the program, but couldn't because I had a severely disabled daughter who required minute to minute care for 20 years until she passed away. The first spring after she was gone, I called up the local LL and volunteered to umpire for them; it was my therapy two years ago.
This is only my 2nd year working for the association and I got banged up a little this year and am looking forward to a few months off. WTH is wrong with that? I made my post just to see if anyone else had a similar year. I wasn't looking for anyone's sympathy and frankly, am stunned by the presumptuous rudeness some of you displayed.
This I will do. I'll finish out this season because my Commissioner needs my help, and he has been very good to me. I will be ready to work again next March with a passion for the game that equals anyone's on this board. I will visit this board in hopes of learning and becoming a better umpire, and I hope that we can have mutual respect.
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