Just to let you know
I made it through and still alive. Had a great time, got to call 8 games. We had 83 teams, furthest team from Alaska, most interesting team called Nudies from Minnosota which were from a nudist colony from outside of St. Paul and yes they did play with uniform on (Thank goodness). 7 of the 8 games went smooth as silk, the last one was a little bumpy the losing team that went home didnt like a couple of the calls that didnt go there way and decided loudly to vocal their opinions but overall it was great fun. We had 54 umps and got a chance to meet and talk with a lot of very professional umps that had a lot of experience that were great to work with and learn from.
A couple other notes for now. They treated us well, each of us umps got single rooms that had their own kitchen and everything else that you could possibly need. Another interesting incident happen from a team from Montana which was behind going into the 7th as the team was entering the dugout getting ready for their last at bats one of their wifes decided to lift her shirt to flash the ballplayers as they were coming in. It didnt help but thought it brought a whole new meaning to rally caps
Anyway thanks for all the help and I sure did enjoy my 1st experience at this level but I am very sore and tired for now.
Don
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