Thank you all and especially JohnF for your insight into my questions. I really do appreciate the work umps do. There are good ones and not so good ones, but I do feel they are all giving it their best. I empathize with having to work two man crews, thats not easy. I respect effort and humility and as long as those things are present I could never bad mouth an umpire. I will admit I have come down hard on some umpires in my head, maybe said a word or two out loud, I'm human, but never got personal. but being able to ask questions and discuss topics like this certainly help educate me so I get a better insight into the why.
thanks again