I can see where those situations would be a toss up. Which of the two do you consider to be the most brutal?

Those certainly are moments to be proud of and thank you for catching my typo per your #30 post in this thread.

This year my best moment this year was being able to get back on the field and umpire after two major cancer surgeries and months of chemotherapy.

Canda, my boy, once again you know not of what you speak. To date I have heard from six active MiLB umpires who think he's an idiot for listing MiLB without actually being an MiLB umpire. Why don't they come on and tell him? They are prohibited by contract from posting on these forums.

Additionally two former MiLB umpires have emailed me agreeing that his practice of putting MiLB in his signature is, at best, misleading, partly because he's the only one who thinks it means what he claims. One has suggested that he thinks Michael worked during the strike.

The best comment I've gotten from them is that most everyone will recognize him as a phony when they read his posts.

If having zero tolerance for liars is self-righteous little one, than I am indeed guilty.

Riddle me this, Caped Crusader:

Why are they prohibited from posting on this forum, but not prohibited from posting on Hunter Wendelstedt's forum?

The prohibition applies to all sites. Bobbybanaduck surmises that some of them haven't read the fine print of their contracts.

Other than that, I have no idea.

Why?
 

Make it 6 Garth. I find it ridiculous for someone to portray themselves as someone who works at a level they do not. By being arrogant towards others does not make you look better either. Just be yourself and move on.

Are there major league guys posting on Hunter's forum, who are bound by a different contract? We've all heard the MiLB guys aren't allowed to post, but does MLB make its umpires play by the same rules?

Hunter is the only MLB umpire I have seen on the forum. The other pros are minor league instructors and umpires.

I stopped posting there when some guy came on and flooded every thread with TWPs. I became too much for me. Perhaps I'll go back and check and see if it's still the same.

Such is the case.

Regular season playoff. They won this game. If they lose the next, then they still have one more. FYI they won the season without daddy coach.

He was still a little too junior to fully understand what daddy coach was trying to do. I guess you HTBT.

When you have accomplished something in you life, that you spent a great deal of time, money and effort to achieve, then spend years proving yourself time and again, only then will you understand. Until then it's beyond you.

I just happen to agree with Garth on this one. I truly have no tolerance for a liar, cheat or thief.

My best moment would be to see an end to this ridiculous thread!

My umpiring moment of the year was at a 15 and under girls softball tournament. I go near the backstop, take off my base pants, put my jock on over my underware, then put my plate pants on........no, wait, that wasn't me......nevermind.

Now that's funny !

Most memorable moment:

The six ejections in five minutes (as discussed in an earlier thread ).

great day
 

I got called on my cell to do a make-up double header. I said, ok. The secretary asks if I can get a partner...Sure, let me call acouple of guys. I called Rick and he said, sure but there won't be any games. The severe thunderstorm will hit within ten minutes of game time.

We each got a check for $95 for standing in the dugout watching the AD follow the radar on his blackberry. It rained so hard that we could not even see the other dugout.

Joe in Texas