Whoa was I out of position...

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by left coast

I did not realize that the double A umpires got vacation. Also, why did he wear his TL uniform and hat? Sounds like he was trying to big-league you.

What I meant was that he was on vacation after his season was over. From what I remember, as this was over 12 years ago, he did not have any association uniform shirts available, so he wore his pro uniform. After all, he had been a minor league umpire for quite some time to be in the Texas League, which is AA. Why would you expect him to still have his old shirts?

He got assigned the game because the assignor wanted two good officials on it since it was a championship game of a 17-18 yr. old tournament, and it was the time of year that many umpires (the ones who are too "good" to work non-NFHS games) are no longer working.

By the way, this umpire now runs an umpire training program in the Southern California area. If I named him, you probably would regognize the name.