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This is my journal as an fastball umpire during my first year in the French national Senior division in 1998. It was (and still is) lots of fun. Opening Day, March 29, Savigny vs Cherbourg A Good Day, April 19, Montigny vs Vauréal A Day of Reckoning, May 10, Saint-Lo vs Savigny Home Run Day, May 17, Melun vs Montpellier Dog Day, May 21, Paris vs Savigny The Longest Day, May 24, Cergy vs Toulouse No Day At All, May 31, Vauréal vs Olivet A Bad Day, June 13, Savigny vs Rouen The Hottest Day, June 21, Montigny vs Olivet Long Drive Day, July 5, Olivet vs Paris Invisible Day, Sept. 6, Paris vs Cergy Championships, Sept. 12-13 First Day of the Series, Sept. 12, Saint-Lo vs Paris Last Day in Saint-Lo, Sept. 13, Saint-Lo vs Paris Fifth or Sixth Day, Sept. 19, Paris vs Melun First Championship Day in Paris, October 3 Final Championship Day in Paris, October 4 Not Over Yet Day, October 10-11, Saint-Lo vs Pessac