Can we please get some thicker skinned high school umps...that wanna call a game "right"? Seems the ones we've been getting lately are there for a check only. I know, I'm petty...but good grief, the name of the game is catch the ball and step on a bag to get an out. Had one Monday night called out on back end of a 1-2-3 double play where the first baseman was on the cut of the grass (5' from bag). How do you miss that? Had another the other night tell a coach to "settle your dugout down". He promptly told him "no" that if he wanted to call a quiet game to "go call a golf tourney" smile . I know and get judgment calls and balls/strikes (that's a whole nuther story), but just basic calls...geesh.


The harder I practice, the luckier I get.