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Woo-hoo
I just got the call.
I am doing my first playoff game tomorrow PU 
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Congrats.
My first ever fast-pitch game was NAIA district playoffs. I was in college and had done mostly baseball, both high school and amateur and then slow-pitch for about 5 years. Our college was hosting the district playoffs and two of the three umpires scheduled to work rode together and got into a car accident on the way to the game and weren’t going to make it that day. No one else was available in the area so our coach gives me a call and asks if I can work it. I really wasn’t that willing to do it being it was playoffs, but after some convincing I said alright. I had never been more nervous for a game ever. I get there about an hour before game time and my partner, there were just two of us for the day, pregames with me, gives me a crash course in the positions on the field and some rotations and a few other things I should look for. To add to that, at the time I was taking a softball/baseball officiating class at the college and my entire class came out to write up critiques of the umpires. First game went good, had some bangers but I sold them well and didn’t get any complaints. Just when I am starting to relax, my partner tells me I’m doing the plate for the next game. Again, no problems and partner said I had a great zone and kept it consistent through out the game. Third game back in the field and again things went smooth. All in all I had a blast, got my foot in the door in the college game and really got a boost to the self-confidence on the field. Hope your experience will be as great as mine was and good luck.
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Tue May 09, 2006, 09:14pm
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Mine was a 7-1 game with the visitors scoring their lone run in the top of the 7th. No drama, one banger at the plate (safe call), team warning for slinging the bat, one three run ITP HR.
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