Truly a pleasure

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For all the crap that comes with umpiring the younger ages it's nights like tonight that make it all worth it and then some. A couple of days ago I was assigned the majors division championship game for one of the local LLs I work for. I check who my partner is and I'm thrilled because I get to work with my favorite partner who is a Harry's grad, and current NCAA andCan Am League Umpire, and hands down the best umpire in my group. I love working with him as he always tries to help and offer tips after every game. So anyway 8pm game tonight and the league went all out. Lineups, coaches and umpires all announced by name, national anthem played and music between innings. (Commonplace for some of the guys working higher levels but for me it's a real treat.) as for the game I was loving it. We didn't get started till 8:15 after all the pregame stuff. 1:15 min later we finish a spot on game where my partner said I did great and couldn't find anything that I really did wrong. 5-1 HT on a GS in bot 5. No errors and as usual my partner was workin behind the plate. By far my favorite game of the season.