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[GarthB]

Originally Posted by PWL

And you're good at putting words in people's mouths. Some one could have very well have signed in for him without his knowledge. I don't know who they sign in for nor do I even care. We have a board, but never get a report. It seems they pick certain people for certain things. I find it strange the same people who run together get playoff games together.

What I alluded to was if plate and field mechanics were a specific requirement, some people who work higher level games shouldn't be working them. I've seem some who are past their prime, if they ever had one to begin with.

Now, I think we have some very knowledgeable and competent officials. They just don't make themselves accessible. Like Dave said about fishing and cutting bait. They put themselves in the position that they should cut bait.

Way to hijack a thread..........

Hey, pal....you're the one to mention Dave's name in the same context of people cheating and things you couldn't mention. I asked if you accusing Dave. You could have just answered the question.

No one's hijacked anything. We've moved along to the policy Dave mentioned of your coaches selecting post season umps. Keep up.

In my area, playoff coaches can name three umps they would like to see on the dish or their home games, and three they want to scratch from any of their home games. The commissioner tries to accomodate the plate job requests (but, it is often the same few guys that EVERYBODY wants anyway!) and always honors the scratch list! I don't really have a problem with this, nor do most the umpires in my association I have talked to about it. You don't have to make anybodies "preferred" list to do playoffs, and you could still do an away game for a team who has scratched you! (don't get any funny ideas! Nobody ever knows if they have been scratched, and it should be that way!)