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As per my comment in my OP about whether the game really mattered, I think some of you are reading your own meaning into what I said.
To the poster that is telling me to umpire every game as though it mattered, well I do. I hustle; I don’t short the kids out when an inning ends near the time limit… I’m as much a professional as you. To the “dad” who said to make every call like it matters, well I do. The reason I started umpiring was because when my kid was playing 15 years ago, the umpiring was so bad in his LL that I volunteered my time because I thought the kids deserved better.
“The call” always matters to me. In my OP I was referring to the significance and setting of “the game,” which I tried to be clear about. This particular game was developmental HS fall ball where they don’t even keep W-L records. They have no playoffs. The outcome of this game had no material significance.
But that doesn’t change the way I would officiate such a game; that or any other game always gets my best effort. I made that call in the manner I believed to be correct at the time, but wasn’t totally comfortable with it either. So my reason for posting was to get input from a group of knowledgeable peers being that my association is very weak when it comes to training. I may have to make that type of call next year in the regional playoffs, where it can decide which team lives to play another day and I’m not comfortable with the level of training and preparation I have had for that type of situation.
Isn’t that what this board is for... To help us become better umpires? Some of you are just too quick to look for something to criticize. I never said a call doesn’t matter, or that anyone should not give it their best effort.
I appreciate the feedback as per the actual question I asked. The post about the NCAA interpretation was something I was not aware of. I work NFHS (not NCAA) and I will follow up to see if their interpretation is similar.
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