[wadeintothem]

Tim.. you dont know what you are talking about.

I dont volunteer for anything, including LL umping and I damn sure dont dance with mascots.

Only lower level LL doesnt lead off. Kids gotta learn and expand as they learn.. but I'm sure you know everyting about teaching kids to play ball (yeah right).. after all youre .. well what are you exactly? A half asses HS umpire? Dude big deal tim. ITs not that big of an accomplishment. Pay 45 bucks or whatever to an assoc go to a couple of meetings and whammo blammo, youre a fed umpire.

MLB umpires and Fed umpires wear ball bags.. in addition to LL umps. Fanny packs? Must be an east coast thing so never seen that at any level. Never seen anyone toss a red flag either.

Parents of LL AND HS players are idiots in many ways.. not sure how you can single out LL parents. HS parents may be worse.

If it wasnt for the training provided in LL.. wouldnt be much of a game played in HS.

But you are correct about some of the umps.. especially the 15 y/o HS kids that pretend they know the rules.

Considering Girls softball is better than LL and my preference to work though, you may have some points.. but you seem to talk out your but about stuff you know nothing about quite often.