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Originally Posted by lmathews19
PWL: I'm sorry if I prefer getting paid for umpiring baseball games  . I enjoy doing it and love being around baseball, but as all would agree, money has to be involved. |
There's no shame in wanting to get paid to umpire..... The shame is in your assuming that all of us would agree that money has to be involved. I do not umpire LL baseball (no LL in this area). But I have umpired a number of tournament games for groups like BSA and wouldn't accept a penny for doing it. Umpiring baseball is more than making a buck to me. I feel lucky everytime that I walk on the field, whether it's to umpire a group of 10 year olds or college players. Sounds corney huh?
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Originally Posted by lmathews19
The point I was trying to make is that most of the bullcrap from outsiders goes way down when the level of ball is better and the players are older  |
Is this true? Outsiders can be a real pain no matter what level of ball you're working. I think that at times the level of bullcrap can be pretty high at any level.
Finally, do not mistake the fact that just because someone is a LL umpire that they are not good umpires. In the past I have worked with some very good volunteer (LL) umpires. In my career I did not have (or take) the opportunity to work many youth games below HS level. Now that I am working more games for the younger guys (and enjoying it) I have found that it's often more difficult to look good as an umpire working these games than it was when I was working college games. My hat goes off to the guys that work the kids day after day.