Advice for the new guy

[tmielke]

Definitely not the way you want your first day to go!

A little background first. Game was a varsity game with one team, Team 1, a D4 top ten ranked team (probably overrated). Team 2 was most likely one of the weakest teams in the state.

The AD for Team 1 is a friend and I was working the game with his brother. Actually it would have been a good first game. The double header ended up being a double mercy, but I did not get to work it.

I arrived at the ball field about 35 minutes before the game, Team 1 warming up, my partner arrived a few minutes later. No team 2. About 20 minutes before game time the AD of calls Team 2. They are waiting at their school for team 1 to show up. This is definitely an error on Team 2's part.

The AD figures out that if he forces Team 2 to come to his field they will most likely forfeit, so he loads up the team to go to team 2's field which is about a 20 minute drive. He wants the girls to play. They have umps there as well

The AD apologizes a bunch and offers to pay us. No problems.

The last thing that happend was I was talking with the AD just before he left and I had one of the game balls in my left hand, I am right handed. I tossed it to him as he was standing next to his Van, It wasn't a very good toss, hit the lower drivers side of his windshield and spidered his windshield.

Oh well, I guess my first game will be a JV game next Tuesday.

Thanks for the help. I will let you know how that goes.

[NCASAUmp]

That's actually pretty darn funny, man! Give it a few years, and I'm sure you'll have plenty of those stories. That's why I never throw anything (other than a ball to a pitcher after I inspect it) at any player, even if they look like they're paying attention. Anyone else got any oddball advice for the new guy?