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I just started doing that this year, with a note on how mileage was calculated (actual odometer readings or Google Maps).

Tonight, I'll pull out my daughter's seam ripper and dissect it with photos.

Good job on keeping a log book. It's the only way that I can keep track of the games that I have done and make sure that I get paid for them. You might not have evolved yet on what notes you keep, but I keep, in addition to what you mention, my partner names, 2/3/4 man, mileage for tax purposes, and age/division/conference notations. I know one umpire that keeps a diary of interesting plays per game in theirs. What else would be interesting to keep? And don't forget to log purchases (equipment, mileage, food) you made for umpiring.

Alright, to the best of my knowledge fall ball has ended for all rec ball in my county and because I kept a pretty detailed spreadsheet, gonna do a little stats breakdown for year one! Total games worked: 33, with 1 show-up fee for a field that got double-booked by travel and 1-show up fee where the game wasn't called for rain but the field was unplayable, but the coaches agreed to claim we got a pitch in lol so 35 "games" I got paid for Games worked solo: 21/33, 63.6% Games as a base umpire: 7/33, 21.2% Travel games worked: 10/33, 30.3% 90-foot diamond games worked: 7/33, 21.2% (this is the same as the base umpire stat but not the same exact 7 games) Softball games worked: 7/33 (a lot of sevens here!) Games worked on a high school field: 4/33 (the private Catholic school with turf was nicer than the public schools, shocker) Spoilers but for next year I'd like to very much increase the 90-foot diamond number and certainly would like the base umpire number to feel closer to 50%

Yes and no...I've seen players do both...they panic when they see runners running so they grab the ball. For sure...replay helps in gray-area cases. In this case, the umpire killed the play and it was confirmed via review....but yes..w/o replay...there is a risk in playing the lodged ball under the premise that you must trust the umpires to correctly know & apply the proper rule. When in doubt, get away from it...if there's no doubt, even w/o replay...a lodge is a lodge regardless of what the defense does or doesn't do.

It is, and they haven’t (and please, don’t cause my eye to twitch unmercifully by conjoining All-Star and the YelloW Slug on anything, even whimsical). Wegner (#14) and Emil Jimenez (#82) are the only Umpires to wear Force3 Defender TMs. In the past, Wegner has worn re-labeled pads (with yellow W so as to receive the payoff / “hush” money), but the ones worn for his postseason rig (which has to support a camera, transmitter, and battery pack) are, as @JSam21 notes, All-Star LUC-Mags. You can’t hide the center-split tabs… which are unused on a Defender.

Umperials, we lost a fellow umpire and member of U-E, and we of the Wake lost a fellow Vulture on Wednesday. @Mr Ump, AKA Andre, originally of Chicago. He was 68. If anyone who knew him need details, please message me.