No apology necessary Joe. Yes, I consider anyone that had the guts to put on a mask and get behind the dish an umpire, Good for you for stepping up when necessary.
Yes I agree, two umpire are "almost" always better than one. But it doesn't take a two man system to correct the things that you experienced the other day. In my HS association every Frosh and JV game are one man games. Only Varsity has the benefit of two umpires.
I hear you on this. We've had some great umps on a one man crew. I love when I see them hustling from behind the plate to get into the proper position to make the correct call. We have soph teams here in IL and the larger schools actually have an A and B team. Its hit or miss on a 2 man vs. 1 man crew. Tend to see the 2 man crews more on the weekends when we have double headers.