When will you "call it a day"

[David B]

Pete,

I see your point, but i think it's different for every umpire. The biggest problem as others have said is there is no young umpires who are coming behind us to carry the torch.

We see it every weekend with all of the "select ball" being played with umpires calling the games with little or no experience. It's quite painful since I have spent most of my officiating career as one of the trainers for the associations that I've worked with.

As far as calling it quits, that will come for me when i cannot enjoy it any longer, or physically cannot give it 100%. I will be 50 next year, but I still love the game of baseball. I really don't care to watch it from the stands, but for some reason i love watching it as an umpire.

As far as accomplishments, I've about done everything you can do as an amateur umpire, but I still have the desire to help train up umpires who still care about the game like we were taught when we started.

Thanks
David