A lot of umpiring is perception. How confident do you look and how well do you project to everyone ? You may have 20 guys that grade out the same, but for some reason this guy just looks better doing it. |
Even when you get to Triple-A, there's still steps to go through. I want to get to the Arizona Fall League, I want to do some spring training games. I want to do some fill-in games. You try to take it very slow. One of the things we've been preached to our whole careers ; it's a marathon, not a sprint. |
It's a short window. I can screw up [in spring training ] and fall off the list and be done. |
It's kind of like Supreme Court judges. Once they're there, they're there. |
We are not simply saving a historic building, we are creating programming there for the next 100 years. |