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Originally posted by Tim C
Rich nailed it . . .
It doesn't matter even with the pure weak guys that work LL . . .
It still cannot be done.
I have no idea why LL umpires are so poor!
I don't get it.
I'll get outta here, Little League has NO value,
[Edited by Tim C on May 14th, 2005 at 11:58 PM]
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I doubt that you mean that.
Little League umpires are mass produced with minimal training by Little League umpires with possibly some little league training.
The new umpires often learn on-the-job with little supervision. After a 1 or 2 hour clinic they show up behind the plate and right into the frying pan. These umpires are guided by coaches, players and fans perhaps more than they are supervised by their local umpire Trainers.
Regardless of the quality of ball, LL feeds the upper levels of baseball with players and umpires, maybe a college coach, ... and fans.
It does that quite well.
LL talks about citizenship, teamwork, sportsmanship and fair play, all good values for children.
The rule books are imperfect and seem to be designed to get newbee type parents, players and umpires onto the field with minimum confusion.
They keep it simple. They play ball.
mick