JonnyCat

Thanks Michael, I really enjoy your posts. They are always well written, thoughtful, and insightful. I should probably explain my nickname and avatar. A good umpire friend of mine has called me JonnyCat for years. It has kind of caught on for some of my friends. One day my umpire buddy was cleaning out a storeroom in his dry cleaning business and found an old bag of JonnyCat litter. Realizing that it was a perfect logo for me, he e-mailed me a picture, and the rest is history!

I recently went with my son to his 10th grade Algebra-2 class. It was bring a parent to school day and I had time to attend a couple of classes with him. In his math class we played algebra Jeopardy. They were doing the grid or box method for many of the equations and I was completely lost. Now it's been a few years since I stepped into a math class, but I was always good at math in High School and College, I even managed to pass 1st semester Calculus in college. Of course it took me 3 tries, and needless to say after that, I changed my major. I was looking forward to visiting his math class in hopes that I could dazzle my son with all of that silly knowledge I have. My son said I should stick to writing essays. We did algebra equations much differently back in the day. I don't know if the grid method is better or not, but my head was spinning. I wasn't able to answer one question correctly in Jeopardy. Luckily we were in teams and our side managed to win, but not with my help.

Thanks Guys. Happy to be here!

Hi Everyone. I've been lurking on this site for a couple of years now and decided to finally join. I've learned alot and enjoy the insightful comments and discussions. I've been involved in youth baseball for 12 years now, have 2 boys that still play, one in high school and one in LL Juniors. 8th year of umpiring, LL and travelball, big and small diamond. Before I get too old and ugly, I'll be attending the 2 week Wendelstedt school this January. Always wanted to do a pro school, more of a personal quest. It's not the full 5 weeks, I doubt my body could take it, but we will be in the same 5 week course only shorter. Looking to move up to high school ball and maybe some Juco. I've done alot of local and LL Western Region training, as a student and an instructor for my local LL district. If anyone has some insight and advice about the Wendelstedt school, I would appreciate any information. Some of you I may know already. I rubbed elbows with Grayhawk on a few occasions. Had the priveledge of working 2 divisional games at his LL field this year. Really enjoy the site, and I hope to contribute on occasion. Thanks John