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Old Wed May 12, 2010, 01:56pm
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Two members of this prestigious board have been selected to work HS Championship games here in Arizona this weekend.

Az.Ump will be working the plate for the 4A Div II game on Saturday evening.

Yours truly will be at third base for the 5A Div I game on Friday evening
This game will be shown via a live stream at AIA 365 - Bringing Arizona's High School Communities to the World at 8:00 pm Pacific time. It will also be left up on the site for viewing later.

I would welcome any feedback and or comments from any of you that are able to view the game.
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Old Wed May 12, 2010, 03:13pm
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Two members of this prestigious board have been selected to work HS Championship games here in Arizona this weekend.

Az.Ump will be working the plate for the 4A Div II game on Saturday evening.

Yours truly will be at third base for the 5A Div I game on Friday evening
This game will be shown via a live stream at AIA 365 - Bringing Arizona's High School Communities to the World at 8:00 pm Pacific time. It will also be left up on the site for viewing later.

I would welcome any feedback and or comments from any of you that are able to view the game.

That's cool. Congrats to both of you Andy.
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Hey, I've got a FL 4a Semi-final Friday... is that worth anything???
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Old Wed May 12, 2010, 08:57pm
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Hugo - sure congrats to you too. That's a big game.
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Old Wed May 12, 2010, 08:59pm
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It's all Andy's fault (with a little Darrell in the mix) . He taught me well. It will be the end of a great year with a 5a quarter final yesterday, 4a1 semi final tomorrow and the 4a2 state championship Saturday night. Same 3man crew for all three. Made them work a LL game last week to get the kinks out. Yesterday went great. 3-2 game great rotations. Missed a strike though.

Steve, thank you.

Hugo, congratulations it counts. We all know they play great ball in Florida. Enjoy and have fun!!!

Next year I will probably be fetching waters and new balls for the many deserving umpires I have the honor of working with.

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Old Wed May 12, 2010, 09:04pm
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I was fortunate enough to do a state final a few years ago. It was a great game 3-2. I'm at the finals every year since then - toting water & towels or whatever. That's a really good experience too - sharing in & watching those who are often on their first "big stage".
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Old Wed May 12, 2010, 11:23pm
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Congratulations, guys.
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It's not AZ, but WA...

Angler and I, along with a bunch of others (2 others from Seattle) were selected to work the 3A/4A State HS Tourney - our highest classification - over Memorial Day weekend (Fri/Sat).
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Old Sat May 15, 2010, 02:08pm
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It's all Andy's fault (with a little Darrell in the mix) . He taught me well. It will be the end of a great year with a 5a quarter final yesterday, 4a1 semi final tomorrow and the 4a2 state championship Saturday night. Same 3man crew for all three. Made them work a LL game last week to get the kinks out. Yesterday went great. 3-2 game great rotations. Missed a strike though.

Steve, thank you.

Hugo, congratulations it counts. We all know they play great ball in Florida. Enjoy and have fun!!!

Next year I will probably be fetching waters and new balls for the many deserving umpires I have the honor of working with.

Paul
WOW - It was better than I thought - Nat'l #1 ranked Naples (FL) against Nat'l #25 Bartram!! (Naples won 3-0).

Today I'm watching the State Finals - #1 ranked Naples vs. Nat'l #2 ranked Dunnellon (FL)

It is now tied at 3 in the top of the 8th.

If any of you guys get a chance to see the replay.. go for it.
It's a classic...
Great pitching, a few errors, a few great plays (and a couple of interesting calls!!)
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Old Sat May 15, 2010, 04:31pm
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WOW - It was better than I thought - Nat'l #1 ranked Naples (FL) against Nat'l #25 Bartram!! (Naples won 3-0).

Today I'm watching the State Finals - #1 ranked Naples vs. Nat'l #2 ranked Dunnellon (FL)

It is now tied at 3 in the top of the 8th.

If any of you guys get a chance to see the replay.. go for it.
It's a classic...
Great pitching, a few errors, a few great plays (and a couple of interesting calls!!)
Okay, you had a great game. That's outstanding and something we can all appreciate. However, GMAFB about the "nat'l" ranking. It is complete BS.
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Okay, you had a great game. That's outstanding and something we can all appreciate. However, GMAFB about the "nat'l" ranking. It is complete BS.

Not sure what GMAFB means.

I'm not really up on rankings and stuff, it was a thrill when I found that out..
I added that to share some of the excitement.

No. 2 Dunnellon faces. No. 1 Naples for 2010 Florida state softball championship | Ocala.com

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps...l/rankings.htm (USA Today from May 6 - Dunnellon was #6)

Needless to say, everyone in THIS area plays it up.

I realize National rankings may leave something to be desired and they are opinions rather than head to head play, and each game is a new game, etc, etc.
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I realize National rankings may leave something to be desired and they are opinions rather than head to head play, and each game is a new game, etc, etc.
Its not even that. Who sees enough high school teams in any sport to be able to make even a slightly intelligent "guess" as to how they would stand against all the schools in the nation? Same with the All-American HS teams.

Yes, locals and promoters are going to make a big thing of it, but that doesn't make it valid.
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Its not even that. Who sees enough high school teams in any sport to be able to make even a slightly intelligent "guess" as to how they would stand against all the schools in the nation? Same with the All-American HS teams.

Yes, locals and promoters are going to make a big thing of it, but that doesn't make it valid.
Yeah, I know what you mean.... but it adds color to the story.

I'll still ice up that beer (from the other discussion board) if it ever gets sent
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Old Sat May 15, 2010, 07:49pm
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Yeah, I know what you mean.... but it adds color to the story.

I'll still ice up that beer (from the other discussion board) if it ever gets sent
Think you have a long wait for that one
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I had a game like that a few years ago in a HS tournament.

The number 1 HS team in the nation vs the number 3 HS team in the nation.

I realize that nationally ranking HS teams is next to, if not impossible, but it was proabably the most memorable HS softball game I have ever worked.

Just a great game between two very good teams.
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