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Originally Posted by Justme
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?
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.
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I'm sorry, I must have written something that made people think that I believe LL umpires suck. This is not the case at all. I respect the people that volunteer to umpire special tournaments. However, I'm sure this is not the case for all games. Umpiring is a big source of my income. If I were asked, as a favor, to volunteer umpire a game for free, then I would do it. But I would certainly not make a habit out of it. LL umpires rock! Do I need to say it again? LL umpires rock!