This week opens the high school baseball season here in Oklahoma. I'm super-excited now. I was really nervous before, but then I got in a couple of scrimmages and I went to an umpiring camp run by an old friend (Doug McClure...the site for his camp is here, if any of you are interested). The instruction and practice I got really helped me get back into the groove. There's still a little uncertainty, mostly because there are administrative issues and intangibles that I still haven't exercised in many years. Doug told me a few times it would be just like riding a bike for me, and some of it definitely has been that way.
As time has gone on, I've realized that everyone really does have a unique skill or talent, something that they're good at, and usually something they can find a way to give to others. I think that my primary skill is the ability to take a finite set of rules and apply them consistently to bring order. If you look at the more specific things I'm good at, you can see it there. Computer work...sports officiating...auto mechanics...all of these require you to know the underlying, fundamental rules that make the system go (the computer, the game, the car) and apply them in a way that brings order to chaos.
I'm just thrilled to be back in it. Football last fall was a great experience, and baseball will be awesome. My first game is Friday afternoon, and I'm just about ready.
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