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rei Fri May 16, 2008 09:12am

Congrats Tim C!
 
Tim C was one of two umpires selected by the commissioner of the Portland Baseball Umpires Association to work Oregon's top classification state championship game.

Congrats Tim. My only advice: Don't suck! ;)

aceholleran Fri May 16, 2008 09:16am

Good for you, Tee.

Hope you have a nice 1-0, 90-minute special.

Ace

Tim C Fri May 16, 2008 09:17am

Hey,
 
Thanks Rei. I just hope I do as well as last year's plate guy.

Regards,

Welpe Fri May 16, 2008 09:42am

Congrats, Tim! You work two man for the play offs?

ozzy6900 Fri May 16, 2008 09:59am

Congratulations, Tim! Give 'em HELL!

mick Fri May 16, 2008 10:06am

Attaboy, Tim C !!

rei Fri May 16, 2008 10:11am

Quote:

Originally Posted by msavakinas
my thought initially as well but after reading it again i think that their association (portland) got two slots in it out of the three or four and he was one of those two

3 man throughout the playoffs, including the state championship game in Oregon.

Our association gets 2 of those 3 spots every year because we service about 2/3 of the top classification teams in the state.

FATUMP Fri May 16, 2008 11:38am

WOW, one association puts 2 out of the 3 umpires in the top game every year! where do we sign up?

TussAgee11 Fri May 16, 2008 11:51am

Congrats Tim... and thanks for the FED updates you give us throughout the year.

Welpe Fri May 16, 2008 12:13pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by msavakinas
my thought initially as well but after reading it again i think that their association (portland) got two slots in it out of the three or four and he was one of those two

Ah good point, I just need to read it better.

rei Fri May 16, 2008 01:33pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by FATUMP
WOW, one association puts 2 out of the 3 umpires in the top game every year! where do we sign up?

Hey, we also have a guy in the next level down, and a guy on the next level down from that. So, at least 4 guys every year from our association, and about every 4th or 5th year, we send a 5th umpire! :)

In the old days, the top game circulated amongst associations throughout the state. So, we used to send a whole crew, but only did that once every 4 years or so. I like this new system where you send the number of guys based upon how many of the schools you service at that level in the state. That also means that associations that only serve lower level schools don't have an umpire slot except at the level they service. Our association is by and far the largest in the state, and we service all levels for the 75 or so high schools we service.

It is indeed a very big honor to be selected to do the top level game! Generally speaking, only umpires with collegiate experience get the top two levels now.

ODJ Fri May 16, 2008 02:24pm

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Originally Posted by FATUMP
WOW, one association puts 2 out of the 3 umpires in the top game every year! where do we sign up?

Of the 10 or so associations in the state, PDX gets 2 slots because of the population with the others rotating through. The associations nominate who goes. It's similar for all sports. Does take the politics out of it (sort of).

Tim, is it one crew of 3 working all classes? Salem or Portland this year?

rei Fri May 16, 2008 03:07pm

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Originally Posted by ODJ

Tim, is it one crew of 3 working all classes? Salem or Portland this year?

Yes. Championship games are at Volcano Stadium in Salem/Kaiser.

Blue37 Tue May 20, 2008 08:35am

Quote:

Originally Posted by rei
Hey, we also have a guy in the next level down, and a guy on the next level down from that. So, at least 4 guys every year from our association, and about every 4th or 5th year, we send a 5th umpire! :)

In the old days, the top game circulated amongst associations throughout the state. So, we used to send a whole crew, but only did that once every 4 years or so. I like this new system where you send the number of guys based upon how many of the schools you service at that level in the state. That also means that associations that only serve lower level schools don't have an umpire slot except at the level they service. Our association is by and far the largest in the state, and we service all levels for the 75 or so high schools we service.

It is indeed a very big honor to be selected to do the top level game! Generally speaking, only umpires with collegiate experience get the top two levels now.

By "top level" do you mean the largest schools? We have five classifications, and working the final in any of them is an equal honor. By the time you get to the finals, all teams are fairly equal in talent, and, as a matter of fact, one of the smallest schools is currently ranked 1st overall in the state.

Why require college experience in a high school game? I meet that requirement, but I have some high school partners who are very, very good (better than some of my college partners), but do not have the time to devote to college ball.

Why exclude an umpire from working a classification just because he does not work that classification during the regular season? Are the rules different?

David B Tue May 20, 2008 08:42am

Quote:

Originally Posted by rei
Tim C was one of two umpires selected by the commissioner of the Portland Baseball Umpires Association to work Oregon's top classification state championship game.

Congrats Tim. My only advice: Don't suck! ;)

Cool and should be lots of fun. But with playoffs, we always hope for a good game ...

What an honor!

Thanks
David


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