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Umping - Doing One of the Things I Love!

I had a great opportunity to umpire the BYU Alumni baseball game Friday at BYU.  I have not worked a game in a while and have not used three man mechanics in a while either.  It was a very great night and the view is awesome!  They decided to play 14 innings straight so we used two crews.  The first crew worked the first 7 innings and my crew worked the second 7 innings.  I worked behind the plate which I find awesome to begin with and a lot of fun.

I have worried, since my surgery, that umpiring behind the plate would be difficult.  My face is still numb on the right side and my right ear is really tender.  I worry that taking my mask on and off would irritate that side of my face.  I also worry that if I get hit with a ball on the mask that it would cause unbearable pain.  I learned that neither was true!  I am glad that I took the time to let my face heal as much as possible but I am also glad to get out and umpire and run around a little bit!

It was a great night.  The fun part is that both the alumni team and the current team are very relaxed and having a lot of fun.  It gives you a chance to talk to the guys and just have a good time!  The score, I think, would only matter if the alumni team started winning!  On Friday, that wasn't a problem!

BYU does have some young talent that can hit the ball!   Guess we will have to wait until the season starts to see how it translates on the field against D-1 pitching!
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  1. Utah HamatakesNovember 9, 2010 at 11:47 AM

    Well howdy! I just stumbled on your blog while I was eating my lunch at work. Apparently that's what I get when I google myself at lunch, but that's not a bad thing. Since I just found you guys I haven't had time to read up on what's been going on but if you have a few minutes, shoot me an email at chamatake@gmail.com and maybe we can catch up on things. I can try to give you a condensed version of the very long story about why I had to leave HCI. Hope to hear from you,
    Chris

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