Interesting poll on ESPN

[JJ]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I officiate 4 sports:

Baseball requires a lot of judgment and a little exercise.

It only requires a LITTLE exercise if you're not doing it correctly.

JJ

[SanDiegoSteve]

I have done football, baseball, and basketball. Baseball was always my favorite of the three to play growing up, coming in second only to golf.

The main reason I find baseball to be the most challenging is probably the fact that other than the silly NFHS restriction to the bench rule, a baseball umpire has only the ejection as his disposal for handing out justice. I never had any problem banging a coach with a technical followed by another,, or throwing back-to-back flags for unsportsmanlike conduct. The fact that in most baseball games, the only option is ejection, and it makes game management more challenging, to me at least. Besides, all that running on the flanks was for the birds, so I worked umpire whenever possible, and I didn't last long enough to ever be a white hat.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by JJ

It only requires a LITTLE exercise if you're not doing it correctly.

JJ

I hear ya. But it's more than volleyball and less than basketball, so maybe that narrows down what I meant by "a little."

[David B]

Originally Posted by mbyron

I hear ya. But it's more than volleyball and less than basketball, so maybe that narrows down what I meant by "a little."

LOL, the hardest thing physically about baseball (at least where is live) is dealing with the heat in the summer and dealing with the subfreezing temperature in the spring (during HS season)

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by David B

LOL, the hardest thing physically about baseball (at least where is live) is dealing with the heat in the summer and dealing with the subfreezing temperature in the spring (during HS season)

Pretty much.

Peace