Umpire Excellence

[zm1283]

[QUOTE=PeteBooth;678644]

You had 1 day of 2 umpires and 2 days where 3 man crews were used. Seems to me there was "enough to go around" yet ONLY 5 umpires selected. Also, you said some guys worked multiple days.

Was there a "discussion" amongst the other umpires in this association who were NOT assigned any tournament games?

Was it strictly based upon some sort of rating system etc?

Reason I ask:

The aforementioned is why it's difficult to get HS certified umpires. There is a tournament somewhere yet only a select few are chosen.

I would guess this type of scenario would be brought up during a meeting.

Pete Booth

The district and state playoffs in Missouri have NOTHING to do with any association. The district host selects the umpires with recommendations from each coach who has a team in the district. For the state playoffs (Round of 16 and round of 8), the host school hires two umpires and the visiting school hires one umpire if desired. For the Final Four in each class (Four classes), the state governing association picks the umpires with input from evaluators in each area. (The problem being here that ZERO evaluations are done in baseball)

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

Pete, if there were only 6 games spread over 3 days, we're obviously talking about a single field here. If there were 2 umpires on the field on day 1, and 3 on day 2-3, then only 2 umpires worked more than a single day. The MAX umpires you could have had for this, without calling people out to work 1 game of a doubleheader, is 8 (two Friday, 3 Sat, 3 Sun). Seems to me 5 is plenty, and I suspect a lot of places would have used 3 total. If I'm only getting 2 games a day, I better be working more than one day, or I'm finding a better tourney to work.

Yes, most districts are single fields, but some play at multiple sites to help with travel problems and if weather comes up. There were only six games total in the tournament.

Around here, 2 games a day is very common. Sometimes in the summer we'll work 3 if need be.