Tournament this weekend...

Fozzie

I have some umpire friends from Lincoln, NE coming up to work, and one from N.J.

Was invited up myself but for the 3rd year in a row could not work out the details. Wish I could be there with everyone. I hear its a blast and that they treat the umpires very well. Have fun and hopefully I will get to meet you...next year!!

Jeff Merriman

gumpire

I used to go watch my dad umpire this tournament when I was a young teenager (mid-80's)!!!

I would LOVE the opportunity to "walk in his shoes"!!!!

Please do get in contact with me for next year!!!

Thanks.

NCASAUmp

gumpire wrote
I used to go watch my dad umpire this tournament when I was a young teenager (mid-80's)!!!

I would LOVE the opportunity to "walk in his shoes"!!!!

Please do get in contact with me for next year!!!

Thanks.

I still have my dad's old indicator. That thing is probably 25+ years old...

Still clicks! Been repaired a few times, but it still clicks!

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NDblue wrote
If any of you umpires out there would like to umpire in this tournament in future years, let me know and I'll get you in touch with the tournament UIC and I'm sure he'll be happy to schedule you some games.😉

Get in touch with me for the future tournaments. Thanks!

NDblue

Tonight was a rarity @ The McQuade's tournament. We had a huge thunderstorm roll through town around 8 pm. About 3 inches of rain came down in an hour and a half. I barely got my 3rd game done when the skies opened up and a waterfall erupted from the sky. Only postponed one round though and they'll try to make that up at 6 am tomorrow morning but I'm not sure our parks and rec department can work miracles to get all diamonds ready by then. I'm hoping they can. My first game tomorrow is at 11 am.

NDblue

bkbjones wrote
So, about a two hour drive. 😉

Closer to a 3.5 hour drive.:cool:

SergioJ

I would love to come up there and umpire this great tournament. When I was stationed at Minot AFB, this was the first "big" tournament I had the honor and privilege of umpiring. I would go every year. The first time I went there was my first year of umpiring (1988). Went every year til I moved out in '91. Met alot of great people there. Let me know! Thanks!

Serg

IRISHMAFIA

SergioJ wrote
I would love to come up there and umpire this great tournament. When I was stationed at Minot AFB, this was the first "big" tournament I had the honor and privilege of umpiring. I would go every year. The first time I went there was my first year of umpiring (1988). Went every year til I moved out in '91. Met alot of great people there. Let me know! Thanks!

Serg

Serg,

You were stationed at Minot? That explains a lot. 🙄

Tru_in_Blu

You were stationed at Minot? That explains a lot.

When I was in the AF ['69 to '73], Minot was where our "senior servicemen" threatened to send Airmen who goofed up. There and Loring AFB in Maine, which I believe is now closed.

I guess that was the closest they could come to the Russian equivalent of Siberia.

NDblue

There are worse places in the world than Minot, ND. Can't think of any right now but I know they're out there. 🙂 There's a reason we call it "Mindrot". Maybe one of the reasons I don't really care for Minot is because of all the chAir Force personnel (I'm prior Navy). 😕

IRISHMAFIA

NDblue wrote
There are worse places in the world than Minot, ND. Can't think of any right now but I know they're out there. 🙂 There's a reason we call it "Mindrot". Maybe one of the reasons I don't really care for Minot is because of all the chAir Force personnel (I'm prior Navy). :confused:

What is "prior Navy"? Is that before they learned how to build ships?

Dakota

IRISHMAFIA wrote
What is "prior Navy"? Is that before they learned how to build ships?

We have a Prior Lake around here, but I didn't know they had a navy. 😀

greymule

I still have my dad's old indicator. That thing is probably 25+ years old...

I still have the metal Rawlings indicator that I purchased in 1964 for 49 cents. (Remember, in 1964 you could by a new Chevy for $2,000 (or a Porsche for $5,500), and a guy making $10,000 a year had money to burn.

On my indicator is engraved the phrase "Made in U.S.A."

NDblue

IRISHMAFIA wrote
What is "prior Navy"? Is that before they learned how to build ships?

I forgot where I was posting. Maybe I should have said US Navy Veteran or former sailor. 😛

IRISHMAFIA

NDblue wrote
I forgot where I was posting. Maybe I should have said US Navy Veteran or former sailor. :p

Yeah, me, too.

NDblue

IRISHMAFIA wrote
Yeah, me, too.

Yeah, you, too what?

SergioJ

IRISHMAFIA wrote
Serg,

You were stationed at Minot? That explains a lot. :rolleyes:

Hey! I absolutely loved Minot! Didn't when I was first told I was going there (wasn't one of my "dream" choices). But after the first winter, I didn't want to leave. The downside back then though was that we had to go to Bismarck to see a real shopping center.

And Tom, I know work in a military compound that's mostly Navy. Guess that's what they call Karma. 🙂

Serg

IRISHMAFIA

SergioJ wrote
Hey! I absolutely loved Minot! Didn't when I was first told I was going there (wasn't one of my "dream" choices). But after the first winter, I didn't want to leave.

Serg

That's because you didn't want to leave that layer of skin you probably left on the metal gate in January when you forgot your gloves!
😀

IRISHMAFIA

ndblue wrote
yeah, you, too what?

usn

SergioJ

IRISHMAFIA wrote
That's because you didn't want to leave that layer of skin you probably left on the metal gate in January when you forgot your gloves!
😃

Who told on me?? 🙂