I know that all is may seem kind of stupid, but sometimes you don't get a chance to tell everyone thanks. So again Thanks! to everybody.

To my dad, Bob Hamilton who has helped me tons in everything I have done. To my mother, Marilyn Hamilton who has always been there for me the last 23 years. To my little sister, Sara Hamilton, who is just a stud and the best sister anywhere. I'm proud to see you graduate and know you will find success in anything you do. Check the Local Sports page for updates on Sara and the NNC Crusader Women's Tennis Team.

To all my friends from Eaton, Colorado. Special thanks to Phil Morehead, Collin Moody, Bryan Scott in Denver, Co., Scott Ingram, Eric Gustafson in Penn Valley, Calif., Todd Hernandez, Steve Booth, Scott MacNeil in Gunnison, Co., Jeff Sutter in Aurora, Neb., Anna Sandberg in Taiwan, and to everyone else in Eaton. Check the Local Sports page to find out how the Aurora High School freshman girls team is doing.

To all the umpires at Greeley Baseball Umpires Association, especially Larry Lawhead and Perry Lewis.

To American League Umpire Jim Evans who has become a good friend and turned me into a much better umpire even though he still owes me that round of golf.

To all the instructors and umpires at the Academy of Professional Umpiring in 1996. Thanks for being great friends and making me a better umpire. Special thanks to Dave Gebheart in Poland, Ohio, to Adam Gladstone in Baltimore, Maryland, to Dave Goltz in Citrus Heights, California, to Chirs Greig in Andover, Mass., and to all the other guys across the globe.

To the Eaton High School and it baseball program that originally got he hooked on umpiring, and to Bobby Ervin in Brighton, Colorado who gave me my first chance as an umpire.

And Special Congratulations! to Eric Gustafson, Scott MacNeil, Todd Hernandez, Bryan Scott, and Jeff Sutter for getting married. Our numbers are shrinking. We are down from 9 good men to 4. But I'm sure Phil and Collin will do their damnedest to keep us from getting down to 0.