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A Good Day

Soo today started off with going down to class and we got to be introduced to a sure hall of fame Umpire Bruce Froemming.. now a lot of Red Sox /mlb fans will remember him as being the Umpire that tried to get in between A-Rod and Varitek before the huge brawl in 04.  Bruce also has the record for most seasons umpired by a MLB guy over 30+ years.
 Also today got to meet Ed Rapuano, have a open discussion with Paul Nauert whose time as our instructor ended today. It was such an wonderful experience to get to talk with and have him observe and offer advise to me as a learning/maturing umpire.  Also today  one of the past students and minor league umpires,  received the "call" and was promoted to the MLB staff of Umpires.
 When we got to the fields I was really hoping my knee would hold up and it did  and was able to do the drills today. I am still slowly improving my mechanics each and every time I get out on the field and by the end of this school I am hoping to have learned and grown and improved as an Umpire.
Overall, this has and is continuing on a daily basis to be one of the most amazing, wonderful, hard working, experiences of my life !!

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