sawesomeness
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This is an honest question - we have had, probably 95% good umpires in my daughter's & son's travel ball experiences. Not that there aren't bang/bang plays where there's a disagreement, but in general I think most umps try their best and really try to get the calls right, and mistakes happen. Bad calls are going to happen no matter how good the ump is, and generally that doesn't effect a game too much. But there has been the maybe 5% which are truly just awful, some to the point that they actually do have a large hand in the direction a game goes, and I just wonder if those 5% of the umpires know how truly bad they are?
So - for the umps out there. How do you know you are doing a good job?
This is an honest question - we have had, probably 95% good umpires in my daughter's & son's travel ball experiences. Not that there aren't bang/bang plays where there's a disagreement, but in general I think most umps try their best and really try to get the calls right, and mistakes happen. Bad calls are going to happen no matter how good the ump is, and generally that doesn't effect a game too much. But there has been the maybe 5% which are truly just awful, some to the point that they actually do have a large hand in the direction a game goes, and I just wonder if those 5% of the umpires know how truly bad they are?
So - for the umps out there. How do you know you are doing a good job?