Believe It or Not

[Steve M]

Wow

Nuthin' like any of that at any of our's.

Your Saturday 9pm ending almost sounds like on of the pro games I heard about over the weekend - but those umps didn't leave the field & made the call on B-R.

Now this part, I will respond to, kind of
"What is my point in posting this? It is to underscore that there is a critical nationwide shortage of quality umpires. Too many men and women have bitten off more than than they can chew. What I mean by that is calling too may sports and too many different sets of rules."

Yeah, there's a shortage. Too many of us are getting older (do we have a good alternative) and not enough younger ones are interested in getting into umpiring. Too many sports - I can agree with that. I'm of the opinion that you've got to pick one to work at as high a level as you're able to and, if you choose to do other games, stay at a lower level. I've got a number of different rulebooks to know - it is tough but can be done. I pretty much base everything on ASSA's rules and try to learn the differences amongs the other groups.