Umpire Evaluation Form
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---Umpire Evaluation Form---
The report you are about to fill out is greatly appreciated and very important. In order to address umpire performance and issues---positive and negative---I need your help. All I ask is that you be honest and specific about your evaluation. Although it may be understood that your particular input is the result of "bad" umpiring overall---or at the very least a particular call that you may feel had "turned the game around"---try to remain as objective as possible. Even though you may be upset, please try to evaluate the overall performance or the particular call to what you may already know about this particular umpire. That is, if you have seen him work before and have been satisfied, this should be taken into consideration. If you have never seen him before, give him the "benefit of the doubt." That is, don't assume he is a "lousy" umpire based on a single performance or single call alone. Still, don't let this stop you from speaking your mind. Please realize that one purpose for these evaluations is to help create a "history" on an umpire---good umpires as well as "bad." If many reports have come in on a particular individual, be assured that I will investigate the umpire himself. If this is the first bit of feedback I've ever received on this umpire we may all have to "write it off" as his having had a "bad" day. Unfortunately, it happened to be on the day he was doing your game. Still, your input is valuable and won't be ignored on these grounds alone. So be assured that I will investigate the particular report you are about to submit. Those of you who have submitted reports know that I do respond. That doesn't mean you will like what I have to say, or that I have in fact found out the "real" truth. Still, I talk to all sides to get as much of the "big picture" as I can. Then I will respond honestly to what I have learned. I always talk with the umpires about what I may have heard about them---good and bad---if for no other reason than to let them know "someone" is watching. Believe me, this alone goes a long way to inspire each umpire to "fix" himself when it comes to future performance. Like ballplayers, umpires DO LEARN from their own mistakes. Thank you for your time. John Marabeas, SDABL Chief Umpire
IMPORTANT: If for some reason you did not get the umpire's name and number, or if he refuses to give you this information, please do not force the issue. I know what umpires worked where. Simply describe him physically as best you can and indicate whether he was working the plate or the bases.
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