Even worse than that was the simple fact that many players on the team didn't even see the area in the match from the other Ridgefield team. When I umpired Majors matches from the years that followed, Fran was always very nice for me and was among the few coaches who didn't attempt to take advantage of childhood umpires, a fact that I respected him. The most glaring proof of our group 's lack of preparedness than the simple fact that he withdrew our catcher and cleanup hitter nine curveballs over the course of three in bats, garnering nine swinging strikes and three strikeouts for his effort. I performed two innings at second base from the 2-0 defeat and five or six innings in the field over the class of the set of competitions, not having to bat one moment. There will be five groups of five nations and five groups of six states.