End of JEAPU?

[Publius]

It wouldn't be, but I won't be surprised if the test writers overlooked that fact in trying to illustrate 'last time by.'

Maybe they didn't, but that's exactly the sort of mistake they've made in years past, so if they did, it won't surprise me.

[UmpTTS43]

No doubt.

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by Forest Ump

"What person with a wife can give up two weeks to go to umpire school and still have a wife when they get back."

Two weeks? Easy. Five weeks? Impossible.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

An individual who helped author the test. I will not post the name on here since who (other than his credentials) it is irrelevant.

Thanks -- that's all I needed. I wasn't really asking for the name.

I can only hope they go back and give credit for either answer, or drop the question, or ....

[UMP25]

I had that same question, and I assumed there was an appeal, probably because I definitely remember there were two immediately preceding questions that dealt with appeals, so my mind was in this appeal mode, so to speak. With two questions in a row about runners missing bases on appeals, this bases loaded/runner misses his next base question seemed to fit the pattern of the previous two questions.

[UmpTTS43]

Originally Posted by yawetag

Two weeks? Easy. Five weeks? Impossible.

I guess I'm one of the lucky one's. Maybe the wife likes me out of the house. Logged 16,324 miles last year.

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by UmpTTS43

I guess I'm one of the lucky one's. Maybe the wife likes me out of the house. Logged 16,324 miles last year.

I should rephrase. My wife would probably allow me to go away for 5 weeks. My bank account and job, though, wouldn't.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by Publius

I predict a reincarnation: the JEACU.

Evans will use his connection with Dick Runchey to provide college umpires. The five-week school and the Classics will be replaced by twelve week-log clinics given around the country. After a decade-long grandfathering period, only Acad Grads will be eligible to work Omaha.

Then the NCAA will buy it and change the name to Arbiter Umpiring Training Services.

That will never happen until the good ol' boy club goes the way of the dodo.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by yawetag

Two weeks? Easy. Five weeks? Impossible.

You either haven't been married long enough nor have had enough marriages.

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by Matt

You either haven't been married long enough nor have had enough marriages.

In less than a month, it'll be 10 years with the same woman.

If you're suggesting I can't be away due to lonliness issues, that's definitely not the issue.

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by Matt

You either haven't been married long enough nor have had enough marriages.

Or you married the wrong woman. Two weeks for something like this would not be an issue for me either. Everybody is different though. We can't paint with a very broad brush on an issue like this.

[UMP25]

OK, enough of the wifey talk.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Matt

You either haven't been married long enough nor have had enough marriages.

Everyone is not married and everyone does not have the same profession either. I would suspect that people's jobs, careers or business could not take them away for that period of time than a marriage. I know officials that have these problems just by doing a couple of sports, not just being away for weeks at a time out of town. It also does not help that the benefit of potential income in the immediate future is lacking big time if you become a Minor League Umpire. I am sure there are many reasons people find other things to do with their time for those 5 weeks.

Peace

[Matt]

We need a headslap smiley.

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by Matt

We need a headslap smiley.

I felt that Matt.