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					Originally Posted by  Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
					 
				 
				Basketball is my primary sport (42 years) and I have only been umpiring baseball and fast pitch softball for 21 years, but this thread is what sports officiating is all about:  Making friends in our avocation all over the USA and the world.  To all who are traveling to this tournament:  Please have a safe trip and lots of fun. 
 
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 So true! I travel around Europe for the ESF every summer and try to visit the Cup every time in the winter. Just to be together as umpires in a group, having fun, share the games together, helping each other getting a better umpire. It an extra for me. The games in competition are great, but then we work just together (2 umpire system) and see no one else...