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Originally posted by Rich Fronheiser
I had a crew the other night (3-umpire crew) where each member works HS and NCAA baseball. But this time of the year is LL time for all of us.
--Rich
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That's great Rich. And as, Hensley, I believe it was noted, the LLWS, over the past couple of years, has seen marked improvement in umpire selection and performance.
Other national level tournaments that I am familiar with also go through a selection process and bring in experienced umpires. Even at the state level, American Legion, for example, utilizes the more experienced umpires from various areas of the state. My son, Matt, will be working the Washington State tournament.
When AAU ran one of it's National Tournaments here and hired me to coordinate umpires, I had folks coming in from all over the west to work the games.
I have a hard time understanding how any organization can, at it's national tournament, just grab any ol' local with gear to umpire it's "World Series". Amazing.