As someone who probably gets more than a few
for some of my questions, I appreciate that no one has publicly ridiculed me (I'm not counting Wade referring to me as overly officious on the calling time topic
). As a third year umpire, I am extremely grateful that some of you guys answer my questions, and I understand the reason some of the regulars always seem to ignore them. I do love this game. Even though I'm relatively new to umpiring, I spent fourteen years coaching baseball and fast pitch softball. It's funny that when I was coaching, I always thought I was fairly knowledgeable about the rules, but once I turned to umpiring I quickly realized just how ignorant I truly am.
Basically I wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone again for helping me to become a better umpire.