Un-oh-fish-ull LL Regional/WS Umps' Man-you-ell

[Rich]

Originally Posted by LMan

They clearly left almost all of the decent umpires in the Regionals.

It's the lifetime participation award at the WS. Most of the regions have some pride in who they stick on TV.

[LLPA13UmpDan]

hahaha! thats funny. I notice a ton of those. Not sure if they do it on their own or Andy Konyar tells them to do it like that.

Lets See:

1. dont do
2. dont do, only look at my indicatior when i need to.
3. do that kinda, but i know our UIC thinks you need to put the ball back in play. I usually just point, i dont say anything.
4 & 4a. I do have different mechanic, hammer for swingin, "pointing" for looking. And for strike 3 lookin, i "pull the string"
5. Dont do
6. when its a ball, i just say "ball" or if its over my head or something i say nothing.
7. No! move closer to first to see the play.
8. No need to yell foul on obvious foul balls..i may however in a nomal voice just say foul ball.
9. haha..only need to make the safe machanic once. your not an NFL offical calling "incomplete"
10. ?
11. ?
12. Yeah some of these umps zones are huge.
13. aghghreg when will these guys learn that your right arm isnt gunna fall off if not properly supported.
14. oh come on. you speed everything else up, why not appeals?
15. oh yes

[socalblue1]

The real killer is that it takes an average of 5+ years from region to WS (West region is more like ten years) so all the decent guys we saw this year at regionals will either have quit or gone Smitty by that time.

I like the way PONY does it. Evaluate the umpires at section, region and zone. Take the best each year to the next level. Good umpires that wish to do a PONY WS (All levels) can expect to get there in 2-3 years.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Ace, funny stuff!