JonnyCat getting some love on ESPN!

[JonnyCat]

You may have seen this kid Jackson on TV. He got quite a bit of ESPN love. Probably would have done a better job than me!

The second picture is after the game. I gave him one of my old indicators. I was showing him how it was notched. Hopefully we'll be seeing him work games in the future. Nice kid and great family. That's his brother in the picture.

And no, that's not his mom, that's my wife. AKA my umpire critic, evaluator, and photographer! She is a huge reason for where I am today. Always supportive and comes to almost all of my games, no matter what! Celebrated our 30th anniversary this summer!

 

[JonnyCat]

After the game pizza and beer. Our final dinner together. Pictured is the crew, evaluators, Uncles, supervisors. A couple of the crew went home earlier in the day.

Bottom picture is me and Jason Weatherford. From the Rancho Cucamonga, CA area. Great guy and good umpire. We worked and trained together the past couple of years. He set up a couple of State games with Dean Butler for us. Look forward to working with him again. Unfortunately, Dean is moving to Florida, so we may not get a chance to work games again, but hopefully we can someday. Florida is getting one darn good umpire.

Jason and I have a mutual man crush on John Tumpane! We're both folicly challenged. Can you blame us? Tump does have a sic flow!