The peril of officiating

[TussAgee11]

Being a college student, I can only really work real baseball on the weekends. During the week, I officiate intramurals for our school. Its softball time of year, but the sport is not important. Last night there was a pretty serious altercation that involved the police and potentially my safety.

My point of posting on the Baseball thread here is because I am a baseball umpire. I'm thinking of not doing this intramural stuff because it probably isn't worth it to get paid by the hour minimum wage to potentially get seriously hurt by a participant. I've heard war stories.

Now, on the point of BASEBALL: do you think it appropriate to, especially when working by yourself or on a field where there isn't a site supervisor/tournament director, to carry a cell phone for safety purposes? Thank god we were able to use one last night. Made me think about whether I should put one in my pocket for real baseball, just in case. It may be years until I need to use it, but it may be worth it.

Thoughts?