Props to ASA on the new DVD

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by Stu Clary

Nothing in the raffle for me either. I already saw the DVD, at our HS meeting last week. Love it - I think every umpire should have a chance to see and learn from it.

I was disappionted with the clinic. For a "rules clinic", we spent precious little time on rules. The session on the "Line up Management" spent time explaining what starters and subs are...but there was only superficial mention of DP/FLEX - the most misunderstood thing about line up management. The IRS session, while informative, has nothing to do with rules and took a full hour. Plus, I'm not a big fan of having ppt. slides read to me. I can already read.

I can nit-pick more (you should have heard us on the way home) but you get the idea.

Wade - where were you sitting?

I was up front. I was the one who asked a few questions about the spiderweb cracks in the bat and the Easton Clarity. I knew the answers but I wanted to give heybucket folks answers from a higher level than me so I asked on their behalf.

The line up mgmt was nothing, you can download that presentation on cactus.

For me I consider clinics like warming up my car in the morning - gets me ready to go but mostly for networking purposes. I spent a lot of time talking with certain folks about things so I had a good time. I also am always on the prowl for PPTs, guides, and information so I had a few UICs burning me stuff from their laps to my handy dandy thumb drive.