"real umpires"

[fwump]

Originally Posted by PWL

If fw stands for Fort Worth and you umpired in NABA, I wouldn't think that qualifies you as a skilled umpire. I've played over there for years, and I can count the "decent" umpires on one hand. J.D. takes what he can get for the most part. If he didn't, we wouldn't have anybody. Most of the them just take their cash and want to get in and get out ASAP.

The answer is yes and yes. I started calling for JD just this year and you are correct...there are about a half dozen "decent" guys in his group. I consider myself among those. And yes most take their cash and want to get out as quick as possible. But that could be because most of the time its really bad baseball. And its awfully hot in July.

Mike

[Justme]

Originally Posted by fwump

The answer is yes and yes. I started calling for JD just this year and you are correct...there are about a half dozen "decent" guys in his group. I consider myself among those. And yes most take their cash and want to get out as quick as possible. But that could be because most of the time its really bad baseball. And its awfully hot in July.

Mike

Ahhhhh, failure has many excuses!

[fwump]

Originally Posted by Justme

Ahhhhh, failure has many excuses!

I've never "failed" on a baseball diamond...at least not as an umpire. I was trying to be funny. I should have used one of those little smiling emotacons so you would get the nuance. My bad.

Mike

[David B]

Originally Posted by fwump

The answer is yes and yes. I started calling for JD just this year and you are correct...there are about a half dozen "decent" guys in his group. I consider myself among those. And yes most take their cash and want to get out as quick as possible. But that could be because most of the time its really bad baseball. And its awfully hot in July.

Mike

Wow how things have changed. When I lived and worked in FWorth it was probably the best group of umpires in the north part of the state.

Most of the guys who worked HS also worked college and it was incredible baseball especially in the summer when all the college guys returned to play and improve their games.

You either had to be good or you didn't get to call the games - everyone else was left to call the pony and colt league games.

Of course that was 20 years ago, but still sad to see.

Thanks
David