[PS2Man]

Originally posted by TBBlue


IMO, "Little League Umpires" are into the political power trip. They only work LL, they are active on the board, they don't attend clinics, but they show up on the field and aggressively take control of the dugouts, stands and ballfield...unfortunately in that order. They are in charge of that piece (the game) of the organization for two hours a pop, and per LL rule book, even the president is under his control (somewhat). Power trip. Then they trade "war stories" with the coaches in the parking lot after the game.

Umpires who work LL don't care about the politics of the league. They work the game to the best of their ability, and leave. They don't go shaking coaches hands after the game, and they don't hang out next to the dugout or stands chit chatting. They don't go into the dugout looking for trouble. They don't worry about what is going on on the next field. I had a guy I was working with leave my field, run over to the stands of the next field, and yell at the coach and catcher, that catcher had to have mask on to take infield. Yes that is a rule, but geez, OOO on a power trip to do what this guy did. That, in a nutshell, is the difference.

I must do not know any LL umpires. I have never known of an umpire that was involved in the board. I did work with a couple of the assignors that worked a lot more baseball than LL and assigned other leagues or types of baseball. If that is the definition I have never met a so-called LL umpire.