Read previous post Tim. I spelled out "Brian". The one earlier was a typo. And how am I supposed to know if he is a veteran umpire or not? There is no way to know Tim so thanks for informing that he is b/c now his advice to me will be taken more seriously. I know I won't reach the level of umpiring as some of you guys. I love umpiring, but I do not plan on doing it the rest of my life. However, if I umpire as long as you have hopefully I will be as knowledgable about the game and as good of an umpire as you are. Why don't you try to work with me Tim and try to make me great? Is it possible to speak with you without you being a smart-a$$ to me. Even if I say something stupid you can at least be polite and explain to me why I am being stupid. I'm trying to make peace bro, I hope you accept.

You beat me to this response. There are other summer leagues that play FED rules also, one I am familiar with plays FED from 9-18. I just finished working a state tournament for 16-18 year olds under FED rules.

One last try.
 

How about trying this, do not post anything unless you can put your post in the form of a question...a genuine question. Think about that for a minute...


...don't respond. If you want to pick my brain or Tim's brain or Brian's brain or anybody elses brain in any environment, how would you go about doing it? I think, if you are reflective for a minute, you will agree that you can do that onlyby asking a real question. One you really don't believe you know the answer to. Try it, I think you will find individuals will be more civil to you. If I'm wong you can flame be into eternity and I promise never to post a response to your posts again.

Good Lord. You really can't read. None of the facilities consulted the FED policy. I said that the leagues utilize school fields and that the policies that the schools (not FED, THE SCHOOLS) have on tobacco remain in effect year around.

I could not have taken anything out of context because I haven't attributed anything to you. Do you have a clue about anything you write?

I, too, will depart from this thread. I leave you with words of wisdom from our 16th president. You should consider them carefully and thoughtfully.

<i>"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
Abraham Lincoln</i>

Will do Tony. Thank you for being polite. I respect you for being the only one trying to work with me.

USSSA is HUGE around here, for girls fastpitch.

DG
 

USSSA is huge for youth baseball everywhere man. I'm sure the majority of umpires on here can testify to this. Will you please stop giving smart-a$$ comments, I've heard enough of those. USSSA is the route most competitive youth baseball teams are taking these days...at least in the southeast

Re: DG
 

So you have been everywhere man? Sorry, I call em like I see em. There is very little USSSA baseball being played in these parts. AAU rules the roost for summer travel teams (pre and post all star competition for various organizations) and ASSSU girls softball is pretty strong. I'm sure the majority of umpires here don't give a flip for your thoughts and you have the market on dumb*ss remarks. And I am in the Southeast, and have never seen or worked a USSSA baseball game. Too rare.

[Edited by DG on Jul 26th, 2005 at 12:27 AM]

I wouldn't want to work in your association, but you already knew that. I eat seeds about once a year. This year it was in the Netherlands a few weeks ago when it was de rigeur to be handed a bag on the way out to work the bases.

Why are you people so freaking uptight, anyway? And actually, I find this funny coming from a guy who would wear long-sleeved UnderArmour under a short sleeved uniform shirt. Talk about unprofessional....

As a three-time cancer victim, I prefer the long-sleeve Under Armour. It reduces the chances of skin cancer. I appreciate your concern and intuitive understanding of an area of the country about which you know nothing.

Oh, your ignorance is showing - again. TASO, because of our "southern exposure," permits long sleeves under the short-sleeved shirt. The uniform code requires red sleeves, which I use for TASO games. I generally wear the blue for USSSA, where we use red shirts.

At the state board meeting in Austin next week, I'll share your comments with the officers. I'm sure they will be pleased to hear your opinion though it's likely they have never heard of you.

The hits just keep on coming . . .
 

DIB wrote:

"USSSA is huge for youth baseball everywhere man."

I guess you know everything when you're from your neck of the woods and are 20.

USSSA for baseball is basically non-existent in my area. It is active for girl's softball however.

None of them subscribe to Officiating.com, eh?

Is dudeinblue really Dano from another board?? Sure seems like it - Dano loved USSSA and pi$$ed and moaned about people not being polite to him on that board too.

You know, it must be the time of the year Carl's meds need to be adjusted again.

And Dave, it could also be that Carl removed every article I ever wrote for Officiating.com during our last little spat. Which is fine with me, since I would hate to be mentioned in the same breath with any of the current baseball writers (with the exception of Tee, of course). Of course, if you look at the baseball page, it seems like the only other writer is good ole' Roland, whose quality can't quite be put into words.

And Carl, I think the signature I've been using for the past few months sums up my feelings on everything else concerning you.

Forever Your Chum?