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[Rich]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Rich:

It is nice to know that you don't care about your physical and mental condition at the end of the day, just so you can make a bucket load of money in one day.

MTD, Sr.

Physically, I was quite fine. A bit sore the next day, but nothing that didn't go away in due time.

Mentally, I was tired at the end of the day. It's hard to focus for that long.

But I'm not kidding myself. My father worked in a steel mill for 30 years. Umpiring for 12-14 hours compared with that is child's play.

(And we did get breaks -- the games were scheduled 2:15 apart and when you turn in 4 plate jobs all less than 1:38, you get some time to relax. It was strange putting on the plate gear at 7:30AM and removing it almost 8 hours later, though.

The odd thing? I didn't hear a word from anyone in 7 games and only had one coach visit to ask about a rule that he didn't understand.)

I only did one day like that this year. Won't be any more. I'll work another 8-10 baseball games and then it will be football season for me.