Thank the Maker I found this place!!!

[Little Jimmy]

I also add my welcome to you.

And I really agree with your thread title. When I started umping a few years ago I came across this site by chance and read it everyday for a couple of years before I ever posted. I still read much more than I post but I know that all the questions asked are taken seriously and it's a lot easier now.

The one piece of advice I'd give is to keep asking questions. Never be satisfied with one answer. Check it and cross check it till you feel like you know it frontwards and backwards. If that sounds a little obsesive, well it is. But I think that the nature of a good umpire.

Good luck again.