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Nope.
The Central Atlantic Region holds a tournament each fall in which teams of registered umpires only may play. Imagine working games where everyone on the field is a registered umpire. Talk about pressure to get the rules correct!
It's a good time. Umpires travel with their family, play ball during the day and have a social event on Saturday night. It's a good way to meet other umpires that you may see down the road somewhere.
Of course, the big thing is when something happens in a game and one of the "umpires" yells something that gives away his/her secret identity as a ball player as opposed to an umpire. You think people get beat-up on these boards, you should see these guys go after the "umpire" who doesn't know his rules. d:-)
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The bat issue in softball is as much about liability, insurance and litigation as it is about competition, inflated egos and softball.
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