Are you still umpiring?

[wadeintothem]

For me the season (fall ball) ended last weekend. Other than some SP (which I'm not involved in) - softball is over. Clinics start in Jan and I still have my monthly meeting.. other than that.. done.

What are you up to at this time?

[greymule]

Last game was Nov. 4. All my stuff's put away.

A couple of years ago, I did a doubleheader in one of those "domes" the day after Christmas, so maybe that will happen this year, too.

[NM FP Ump]

My last tournament is this weekend (7 games, only 14 teams, but still a tournament). Other than this weekend, I have to wait until January until FED starts up.

[SRW]

Seattle's last weekend fast pitch game was played on October 28th... and all of our slow pitch stuff ended about 2 weeks prior to that. We don't begin any meetings or trainings again until January.

[Dutch Alex]

The play-off (semi-final) in the dutch men-competition would start half septembre and just prior to that I broke my index-finger. It ended my season (way toooooo) early! The women competition had already ended that time...

Now about 2 months later I'm allowed to use the finger all the way. But bending it still hurts. See a physical thetapist twice a week. I expect in march, when practice season starts, to be there again!
Have a good winter!

[Steve M]

I'm done - last weekend of Oct saw the last college fall ball game.
The other stuff ended by the end of Sept.
Mid Jan, there's the indoor cup over your way, Sander. And I think I saw Spencer's name on the list, too. Are you going this year?

[Dutch Alex]

Originally Posted by Steve M

Mid Jan, there's the indoor cup over your way, Sander. And I think I saw Spencer's name on the list, too. Are you going this year?

I've seen the list also. Spencer is coming! But my name isn't on it. I'm planning to go see some games, though. If one umpire has to call off, mostly a dutch umpire wil cover. So I'm still not saying that I'm not going.
I've had a wonderfull tournament this year (Cup2007) with Sonny P and Larry W and others...
On the list is also the name of the dutch umpire who will go to the Olympics (Rob Veldkamp)

[BBUMP99]

gotta love Florida! we have tournaments scheduled just about every weekend right up until spring season starts

[MNBlue]

I haven't participated yet - I plan to do so soon, but our indoor season started late October/early November, depending on when the leagues could get Dome time.

There are a handful of domes up here that have winter leagues. Mostly conditioning, experimenting and 'playing up'. It helps everyone keep in shape until we can get back outside.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by BBUMP99

gotta love Florida! we have tournaments scheduled just about every weekend right up until spring season starts

About the same in Phoenix....three more weekend FP tournaments on the schedule before the end of the year, we will start right back up the first weekend in January, pretty much straight through the first part of August with HS and travel ball.

SP around here never stops, from what I've been told......

[CecilOne]

I guess you know how we envy you, too colds to play and apparently not far enough north for indoor domes. Nothing since late July, start again in March.

[Dakota]

Just down the road from Mark, so same thing for me. Fall season ended late Sept. I've never gotten involved in dome ball, although I've thought about it from time to time. I kind of enjoy the off season, so that is one reason I haven't really embraced dome ball. It is also a reason I am not envious of our southern colleagues who have no off season. But, the few games I have called in a dome (HS scrimmages plus a tourney game or two that were trying to escape the weather and to actually finish the tournament), the dome is not "real" softball - too cramped behind the plate, too cramped outside the foul lines, short outfields, overhead obstructions, sometimes goofy "ground rules", etc. I just didn't enjoy it much. Maybe the mind set is better for an actual dome season rather than the situations above. Dunno.

Anyway, off season until clinics begin in Feb or so.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by Dakota

the dome is not "real" softball - too cramped behind the plate, too cramped outside the foul lines, short outfields, overhead obstructions, sometimes goofy "ground rules", etc.

Wouldn't that be "floor rules"?

[NCASAUmp]

We just finished our last fall league games last week, I believe. Finally, my evenings are free again!

Thank god it finished when it did, too. It's starting to get colder in NC.

[3afan]

yes - 4 big tourney's in the Dallas area this weekend, more in 2 weeks