Well it's almost midnite here so this is gonna be a short one.

Had the RF line in tonite's game between Mexico and Aruba.  Actually had a call on a sinking liner that the right fielder caught at his shoe tops.  Pretty cool.  Mexico won so they get the loser of tomorrow's game between Japan and Panama.  The winner of the Japan / Panama game goes straight to the International Final on Saturday.

Tomorrow and Thursday we are down to two games a day so some umpires are off because we only have 6 teams left alive in the World Series.  Two games @ 6 umpires per game = 12 umpires.  There are 16 of us here.  I've got 2nd base in the SouthWest / SouthEast game at 8:00 Eastern time (5:00 home time).  That's the Winner's Final.  The winner goes to the US Championship game on Saturday.  The loser has to play on Thursday nite against the team from the West who beat New England tonite.

Unfortunately, Veronica leaves in the morning because she has to get back for the start of school. Had our last get together with the gang tonite over at the Hospitality room sponsored by the World Series Umpire Alumni Association. Was a little sad as she had to say goodbye to all her new friends.  Like I said in an earlier post, she really did get close to the wives and umpires alike so it was sort of a fond farewell for her.  Ken and Linda Holliday don't arrive till Friday so looks like I'm on my own for a couple of days.

More tomorrow.