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Originally Posted by umpire99
The problem is that if I was temporarily insane, then I must be permanantly insane. Don't you guys realize that this is a JV GAME. Who cares that there is not a winner. We were on our way to a smooth game, when the fifth inning seemed to take forever and then they expect us to stay to watch a bunch of non-skilled kids play extra innings. I'm not doing it. And I'm going to get my money one way or another.
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You should just quit. You treated nobody involved with respect, including yourself. Sounds like you umpire only for a paycheck.
I umpired a 5-inning JV game last year as part of a DH because of a wet JV field. First JV game I worked in a long, long time and it was not well played. But I agreed to work it and I gave it the same effort I gave the varsity game before it. And actually it was supposed to be seven innings and the teams decided after 4 they were going to play "one more inning." And had it ended tied, I would've asked the teams if they were going to play extras, not assume they weren't going to because "nobody cares."
If they didn't care, they wouldn't keep score. Or they wouldn't play.
Who do you think will be playing varsity in a year or two? Who do think will be coaching a varsity team in a few years or will be the athletic director of a school? Bridges burn where you least expect them to burn.