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I would contend that any youth league is run by morons if they would fire a competent and knowlegdable umpire for anything short of direct harm toward children.
I took over the assigning for our local Little League this year after the previous guy quit at the beginning of the season. It is nearly impossible to find qualified umpires to work for us, mainly because of the behaviour of our past (and some current) board members. Unfortunately the scenario DG describes sounds all too familiar to me.
In the past we've had an umpire call a game for inclement weather only to have a board member overturn the decision and insist the teams keep playing. I let them know that if those anics take place this year, that would be the last game for which the league would have umpires.
It's simply unacceptable for a local league to ignore a safety rule or to overturn an umpire's judgement call, especially when that call applies to the safety of the participants.
DG, if you want to come out my way, I can get you all the 13-15yo games you'd want. And we'd be glad to have you.
[Edited by akalsey on May 16th, 2005 at 02:50 AM]
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