Tuesday, February 17, 2009
He will be missedI only knew Garnett because of LL baseball. I was a manager of one of the teams and the equipment manager for five years. In my opinion he was one of the best umpires in baseball. He knew the rules and applied them fairly. When he was behind the plate, the game was under control and, because of his firm grip, everybody acted properly. There are many stories about him and one I would like to share is a game in which he quickly shouted ?Time Out? and walked up to the pitcher on the mound. As it happened, the pitcher in attempting to remove some dirt off a ball, spit on it. Garnett could have called a ball and a balk or maybe even had the player ejected. Instead, he gave him a mini lecture that everyone could hear and let the game continue. He let the player know what he had done wrong without demeaning him. It showed he had respect for the kids, the game and himself. I no longer live in Lynchburg, but I do have fond memories of the people in LL baseball especially Garnett.
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