Every game is important
Somebody, somewhere posted the following:
"I give NO VALUE to guys who work Little League . . . it is not real baseball."
It's not in this thread originally, but the fact of the matter remains: This post has become one about drawing a line in the dirt to personal attacks about how different umpires view justice and what levels of baseball are "real."
For anybody who believes that Little League ball or anything else with unskilled and unknowledgable players is not REAL baseball, I want you to go out to the field and gather the kids around you. Make sure you're wearing your umpire uniform. ;o) Next, I want you to inform the kids they are not playing real baseball and that they are not important. You will be the most dispicable, crude, and downright lowliest person I've ever had the displeasure to come in contact with.
ANY game played is ALWAYS an important game to everybody involved: the players, coaches, and the parents. Who cares if they aren't capable of making extravagant diving catches or catching the ball and making tags with stunning accuracy. Who cares if you've got to expand your strike zone because the kids are learning how to pitch. It's baseball, and the kids love it. They want to be there, and they want to have fun. They like playing their game, and they certainly wouldn't appreciate having somebody like you tell them that they're wasting their time.
To anybody that holds that view of Little League: you are pathetic. I certainly hope you never come in contact with children.
-Craig
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