I am just driven to tears...

[Andy]

Originally Posted by azbigdawg

by the lack of preparation of some umpires for their national tournament. Why the HELL would you not brush up on your mechanics.....especially if you KNEW you would be working a 3-man system the entire tournament....the field is NOT the right place to finally ask for help.

It also AMAZES me that there is such a lack of basic knowledge of positioning for calls, etc....

I may be overgeneralizing....but I finally had to vent after last weekend.... JFC.....

and to top it off, one of my umpires was sent home from his national.... WHY do I do this?

Darrell - Where were you this past weekend that was all 3-man?

As far as the one who was sent home, I'm sure you have already spoken to the powers that be for details. Suffice it to say that the gas can analogy was right on. As for the rest of your group that went to that national, everybody had a good tournament to the best of my knowledge.

As District UIC, you are doing fine...keep it up!