[bkbjones]

Unfortunately, there was no UIC. I didn't even know it was a tournament until I arrived. This was assigned through our assignment program, which we don't normally use for tournaments; furthermore, there was no indication this was a tournament in our game assignments. It's not unusual to be assigned a five- or six-pack of slow pitch on a Sunday.

Many good ideas and thoughts have been expressd in response to the post. I think one of the best to take to our board later this month is to require a UIC be hired from our association for any tournament such as this. No, a UIC was not hired/appointed, and had I known this was going to be a tournament, I wouldn't have darkened their door.

As for one of the responses, like the first after the original, you couldn't be further from the truth. If more umpires had the nerve/guts/balls to take care of business we'd have a lot more fun out there. I, for one, refuse to kiss a$$.