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Well I disagree
[QUOTE]Originally posted by MarionTiger
Well I guess your league is just "smarter" than ours. I guess when players bat out of turn it is just overlooked, since that would not be an "earned" out.
So I understand you correctly, you are going to eject a 7-year-old for slinging his bat?
I guess we are just smarter. BOOT is specifically in the book -- we don't feel the need to put in local rules because we don't feel like we are smarter than those that wrote the rules.
I would eject the 7-year old, yes. That is theoretical, cause I've never worked a game where 7 year olds play. When would 7-year-olds ever need umpires?
If you are serious about the 7-year-olds needing umpires, then nevermind. You obviously live in a different world than the rest of us. [QUOTE]
My son plays baseball, he is in the 5-6 year league, next year the 7-8 league.
We have youth umpires, (you might call them that) and they are more harmful than good. Unless they are highly trained (and then they won't do it becuase of the demands of time etc) they do more harm than good.
Let's see in my son's games I saw with regularity:
Foul balls called fair
Fair balls called foul
Batters called out for slinging bats (another kid slings a bat and nothing is called)
Runners safe by three steps called out and vice versa
Force outs called safe because they didn't tag them
And I could go on and on.
So my point is that the coaches could just as easily call the games. The offensive coach pitches since this is coach pitch and he could call one side of the field and the third base coach could call the other side.
As much as parents want this to be "super ball" its not, and to have umpires is really nothing more than a show.
DISCLAIMER: (Now I say this having been an assignor for ten years in a league that this was "serious" ball. We used umpires and they were trained, but IMHO it was a waste of money.
All I got was coaches complaining way too much to a 14-15 year old. So my opinion is to use adults, then we could have a real good knock down drag out fight on the field and really teach the kids what baseball is all about.)
Thanks
David
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