Hey Ump, THANKS!

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Cannonball

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Feb 25, 2009
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My dd just came back from a tournament in Georgia. They didn't do too well. While doing the pregame inspections etc. one of the umpires started talking to BB and mentioned that he had the same last name. BB was astonished since this was a long way from home and she didn't know this umpire at all. He mentioned meeting me and umpiring games BB played in in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. WOW! That was a very long time ago. Anyway, it was very nice of you to talk to BB and you made her feel at home. She said that it was really neat to talk to such a professional umpire who also was such a great guy. I don't know if you are on this site or not but I wanted to say thanks.

Take care,

Darrell Butler
 
Nov 26, 2010
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Michigan
Sports builds that invisible network. Its surprising how often it shows up. A guy I work with he is 35, recently he was dealing with a title company and his contact there remembered him from a play he made in a HS baseball game, diving catch to record the final out of a close game. Turns out this guy was a coach on the opposing team. Next time they saw each other this guy had a copy of the score sheet from that game to give to my friend.

Sports people are awesome.
 
Oct 11, 2010
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Chicago, IL
Umpires are one of our biggest cost so we only have 1.

We had 2 last game, asked DD why.

She said there was some scheduling conflict. He was field umpire and did not get paid a dime.

My mother mentioned before all this is that they seemed to enjoy the game.

For the most part I like our umpires.
 
Jan 22, 2011
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My DD still plays B, but I stopped by the Nor Cal A Metro's Friday afternoon/evening. Was nice having two umpires come up and say Hi to me. Also had an umpire come up and say Hi to a Dad on my DD's team this weekend because the Dad had been a scorekeeper at the same park for his older DD a few weeks ago.
 

TMD

Feb 18, 2016
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Gotta admit, I saw the thread title...especially the "THANKS" in all caps...and was expecting a good old fashioned ump bashing. "Thanks for losing us the tournament..." and all that. Nice to see I was way off base.

(see what I did there?)
 
Jun 11, 2013
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Almost all of us have complained about the umps in the past, but over the years there have been many more good ones than bad ones. One thing that I've
witnessed is that many of them truly enjoy watching the kids play. DD always makes friends with them when she catches. They appreciate her making sure they
don't get hit.
 

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