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Old Wed Aug 04, 2010, 11:23am
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got a call last night ... "hey can you go to College Station (TX) to work the 16U-A?" ... seems they "forgot" 16U-A requires 3 man crews for all bracket games and now they are 20 umpires short.

after being "unselected" from one Nat'l, well, lets just leave it at "no thanks" :-)
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Old Wed Aug 04, 2010, 11:31am
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got a call last night ... "hey can you go to College Station (TX) to work the 16U-A?" ... seems they "forgot" 16U-A requires 3 man crews for all bracket games and now they are 20 umpires short.

after being "unselected" from one Nat'l, well, lets just leave it at "no thanks" :-)
I was wondering if you got the call too. When the assignments came out 3 months ago, I mentioned to the 'powers that be', that by Code, they would be required to run 3 man crews for bracket play, and they said that had been changed in the Code a 'few years' ago.

But what do I know?
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Old Wed Aug 04, 2010, 11:50am
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got a call last night ... "hey can you go to College Station (TX) to work the 16U-A?" ... seems they "forgot" 16U-A requires 3 man crews for all bracket games and now they are 20 umpires short.

after being "unselected" from one Nat'l, well, lets just leave it at "no thanks" :-)
It isn't good, but you were not "unselected". They cannot put a gun to the head of the teams and make them play, but they have to be prepared. Or they could have kept you on the roster, work one or two games a day. This is the business end of it. It isn't nice, but it may have been necessary.

But if that was your reason for turning them down for the 16U....well, lets say I'm disappointed. You original selection to Killeen may have been what got you the call for the 16U.
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Old Wed Aug 04, 2010, 01:43pm
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It isn't good, but you were not "unselected". They cannot put a gun to the head of the teams and make them play, but they have to be prepared. Or they could have kept you on the roster, work one or two games a day. This is the business end of it. It isn't nice, but it may have been necessary.
I understand the why, its understandable & not a problem

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But if that was your reason for turning them down for the 16U....well, lets say I'm disappointed. You original selection to Killeen may have been what got you the call for the 16U.

as far as why "no" ... I took off work last week, not this week ...
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Old Wed Aug 04, 2010, 04:17pm
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good clear up.

I got an email saturday night for the eastern 18u and gold in my backyard, Sterling, VA.

And I just ran into one of Mike's guys and he explained the origin of IrishMafia. do they know, Mike?
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Old Wed Aug 04, 2010, 04:43pm
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good clear up.

I got an email saturday night for the eastern 18u and gold in my backyard, Sterling, VA.

And I just ran into one of Mike's guys and he explained the origin of IrishMafia. do they know, Mike?
I certainly don't.

Do tell, Mike... Do tell...
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Old Wed Aug 04, 2010, 07:39pm
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good clear up.

I got an email saturday night for the eastern 18u and gold in my backyard, Sterling, VA.

And I just ran into one of Mike's guys and he explained the origin of IrishMafia. do they know, Mike?
Yeah, did Bruce tell you the advice I gave him yesterday?
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Old Wed Aug 04, 2010, 08:36pm
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Yeah, did Bruce tell you the advice I gave him yesterday?
He-he, is that the part where you said, "If you tell anybody, no one will ever find you?"
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Old Thu Aug 05, 2010, 06:13pm
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Yeah, did Bruce tell you the advice I gave him yesterday?
No he did not.
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Old Thu Aug 05, 2010, 07:29pm
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No he did not.

Its the same thing I tell every umpire before going to a national:

Don't **** up!
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Old Thu Aug 05, 2010, 05:37am
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good clear up.

I got an email saturday night for the eastern 18u and gold in my backyard, Sterling, VA.

And I just ran into one of Mike's guys and he explained the origin of IrishMafia. do they know, Mike?
Hope you guys have fun up in Sterling. Had asked work for the week off because I was told I would be one of the umpires going to this event, but then was told was not needed. So, back to work I went.
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Old Thu Aug 05, 2010, 10:18am
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ASA Tournaments not Making this Year
Is it just me, or does it seem that a lot more ASA tournaments are not making this year?
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Old Thu Aug 05, 2010, 12:15pm
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its not you, its a fact
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Old Thu Aug 05, 2010, 05:46pm
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Is it just me, or does it seem that a lot more ASA tournaments are not making this year?
It seems to be pretty much in the divisions and classifications that are getting weaker (i.e. JO SP, some Adult FP, etc.) Meanwhile, it seems like the JO Girls FP is going crazy in some areas.
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Old Thu Aug 05, 2010, 06:22pm
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Hope you guys have fun up in Sterling. Had asked work for the week off because I was told I would be one of the umpires going to this event, but then was told was not needed. So, back to work I went.
Mark said they orginally had 50 umps or so needed but not enough teams showed up. They have gone with 32 umps and most are from out of state. Piedmont has 3 I think and Central VA has 4 I know of. I am from NO VA but it is a Central VA slot.Lots of umps who do college ball. Once they get the box stance they seem to have a hard time going back or using the slot.

The father and son tandem from VA beach area is here. Was expecting to see you.
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