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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
1. I said that if I had gone to umpire school and gotten a pro job, then I would have eventually made the big leagues.
2.This would have taken a lot of hard work as well as a great deal of breaks along the way, but it could have been done.
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Sentence 2 is closer to reality. But still, coulda, woulda, shoulda...it's all an exercise in nonsense.
[/quote]I worked my a$$ off honing my skills in a much more strenuous environment than umpire school, which would have been like Club Med compared to the conditions I put myself through. I worked in excess of 200 games a year in most years, 6 and 7 days a week, including many solo 90' triple-headers on the weekends. And all that time I was receiving instructions from some very knowledgable pro school grads and minor league umpires. [quote]
You an a hundred other umpires that aren't good enough to get to the majors.
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I know that I would have been a success in umpire school, and all that counts is that I know it, not anyone else.
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When you're in a hole, you a need a ladder, not a shovel.
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I could have been an astronaut too if they only lowered the standards for entry in that program.
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OMG.
Keep digging.