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This is definitly no advertisement but the No.1 influence in my development as an umpire has been Carl Childress's books. Why. They gave me what I thought was an unbias approach to umpiring, sometimes amusing and down to earth. They also introduced me to other areas that could be of help.
2. My willingness to do any game available.
3. My insistence on trying to call a perfect game. This alone still causes me to go back to the books even after 16 years.
Ten and twenty years from now, look back and Im almost postive that you will find out that your development as an official is and will always be in direct proportion to your willingness to make yourself better at what your doing. Computers, brain wave helmets(?), books and any other invention that man comes up with, is ONLY A TOOL.
Mask $65.00, Chest protector $100.00 Indicator $3.00
BRD $18.95
Hard work, self study and Hard work..... PRICELESS
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