I thought it was getting better...

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Originally Posted by tcannizzo

My question is, how do they get these assignments?

DON'T go there. Not sure about AZ but in my state the ranking system is a joke! LONG story I won't get into but let me just say people who work the state finals aren't always the best in our state!!

And Andy, today alone I have answered 3 emails and the back and forth from them about obstruction. Then on the field tonight I had a play where the coach wanted obstruction on a play at 2B. I explained my call to the coach and his biggest complaint was how inconsistent the rulings have been this year, some call one way some call it another etc. I explain my ruling and he sees where I'm coming from...note other coach was talking to my partner during this conversation and said "I really have no idea why he's talking to him that wasn't even close to obstruction".

As a side note this same coach came up to me later and apologized for how he "came at me" he didn't like it and thought he was out of line. Then he vented about how an umpire didn't call interference the other night, when the coach questioned him, he stated "There was no contact, so it's not interference"