Umpire Blackballed

[Drifter]

[QUOTE]I don't need the hassles, and neither do the competitors.

This quote is the bottom line. I've been blackballed one time. It was from a coach for whom I'd never worked a game. He got the uniform numbers wrong and blackballed the wrong guy. Since the umpires are never notified of a coach's blackball, I only found out about it 2 years later quite by accident.

I can't say I honestly cared one way or the other. One assignment is pretty much like another in my book.

Vern