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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
The point was that the higher the level, the easier it is to umpire. That is an axiom which is true.
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This axiom belongs right next to "the hands are part of the bat."
There is a reason we don't start amateurs at the D-1 level and let them work their way "up" to little league.
There is a reason pros don't start at the MLB championship level and work their way up to short season A.
And that reason is that that so called axiom is bullsh!t.
Our association was so short of umpire this year the we had first year rookies assigned to varsity ball. Their record was disasterous. AD after AD called to beg us not to re-assign rookie and one and two year umpires to varsity again.
Upper level games may be easier for upper level umpires to work, but they are not easier games for everyone to work.