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BU is an excellent school as well. Glad it went well. Good luck to your daughter and your wallet!

there is no issue in Danbury or Hartford. Good luck to your daughter at BC (GO EAGLES), i certainly hope the trip is with if for you both. The Heights is a great area of Boston. If you have time go to Mike's Pastry on Hanover Street, you'll regret it if you dont. Safe travels!

i have one, i absolutely love it but like you said the rivets suck! all my white under shirts have rust spots on them and if i get wet enough, you know mid game down pours in July, the rust gets to my powder blues. if you find the velcro version please let me know i need to upgrade.

in the words of the kids these days: EPIC FAIL :HS

thanks Boyinr, i couldnt find their business card and i just heard back from my president now.

there is a company out of connecticut that has been to our first meeting each of the last 2 years advertising that they specialize in refurbishing masks. I dont have their card on me but i can get you the info if wanted.

ya like you guys said its usually just until first pitch or it will come up later in the game for some strange reason but it still happens

Do any of you suffer from anxiety during games? I dont know why but for some reason just before a game starts for me i get wicked bad anxiety. It doesnt matter what the level of play is either.

anyone ever have a partner that cant figure out how too put his bags on his belt? That has to be one of the most annoying too me is a guy that cant figure out loops

Not my partner but, i was watching a state tournament 12u game. 3 man system, the 2 base guys i knew from my association, the plate umpire left ALOT to be desired. Every thing and any thing you could think of this guy was doing wrong: -Cleats not plate shoes -red baseball socks (at least they weren't white right? ) -base pants not plates or combos (he did have on Wilson shin pads, i could tell by the logo being so tight against his pants) -blue bag on the left hand side (they had on black shirts and he was a right handed throw) -blue hat with football logo on backwards I was watching from the press box with a my partners for my game and a couple other people not realizing that one of the other people was this guys assignor. I found out after the assignor left who he was and i felt awful about making my comments out loud, then i heard he had been talked about before about his appearance so it quickly passed.

I need to move down to wherever you guys are! Though i don't work college ball yet ( some college summer ball no conference games ) we don't start high school until end of March, if were lucky! The last game i worked was my couple innings at Mid-American, so needless to say i starting to get the shakes from the withdrawals! :banghead:

Also, I would say it's almost Read, Pause, Read, React. Read hit, pause, read your fielder, react to play. I think ive heard that before Jason, ALOT!

thats awesome

I am obligated to like Bakersfield (Being a San Jose fan) but we had Erick Lizon in Worcester last year and the kid is awesome.

Welcome too the site, AND GO CONDORS!

as soon as i can find 1 ill send you a WABUA (Worcester area baseball umpires association) patch

sorry UIC i never noticed it before :bang:

could you put a reviews section in?

I just told the wife the link, she saw that Laz is an instructor and said that she will start looking into flight times!:yippie:

I just got home from the MidAmerican UmpiceClinic that was held over the weekend and i feel it needs to get a review: First off AWESOME doesnt begin to describe the way i felt the camp was run. From the classroom time, to the game work and the practice field, all the instructors made sure that there wasn't a possible wasted minute to the day! From the time i got off the plane (i traveled roughly 1500 miles from west of Boston Ma to be there) to the time we wrapped up the last game on Sunday it was a great weekend. I never felt once like i was getting talked down too, i never felt once like i was asking a stupid question, and i never felt like if i made a mistake my career was over ( i did feel like a complete idiot though when i lost my hat taking off my mask in my last game ). Jason has picked a hell of a crew of guys to be his instructors and evaluators and i would tell any one at any time whatever the level that if they have the opportunity to attend this clinic they need to get on it, even if i did get ripped on all weekend for my "Boston Accent".

this literally JUST happened to me Sunday while getting evaluated at the Mid- American Umpire Clinic (anyone who went it was the 4:30 game at Kickapoo). Exactly as you described it R2 going on the pitch gets past f2, ODB (because he was told all game he has to get foul balls) goes and picks up the live ball. I was on the plate, i called time as soon as the ODB made contact. After looking at the situation i left the runner at 3rd ( he made it to 3rd before the ball was touched IMO) i put the ball back in play and finished the inning. After the inning i asked my evaluator if i was right and he said i was and that the only way i would have sent the runner back is if he tried coming home on the play. He said that he agreed with me that the runner had 3rd no problem even if the ball was handled cleanly by F2.

nice that you guys have legit fall ball, its not even worth it for me around here (Massachusetts). Half the time you only get half the players for each team and the other half its too wet too play. I need a winter home down south just so i can do games

1 week from tonight! this is going to be a long week

sorry about that guys, i didnt mean to put the same one twice

Great call. While watching that clip i saw the other clips from that game including the balk called the previous inning and the baseline call that hunter made earlier in the game. http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18493723 thats the baseline call http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18493723 thats the balk from the previous inning