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T-Ball?
What is it that makes people believe that I only umpire tee ball? First game of the season was adult rec. Yesterday was 12-13 year old All Star. Day before that was 13-14 year old All Star. I've got a Tier 2 game coming up which will be ages 15 to 18 and I will be working with a AA umpire. While I'm not yet comfortable doing PBLO, adult All Star and university-level ball, I sure as heck am not a constant t-ball umpire either.
I do take pride in my flexibility and willingness to work any level of game that my assignor asks me to do. The day after my adult game I did a 7 year old machine pitch game to help teach a rookie umpire a few things on his first game of his career. I think that while most veteran umpires on here would choose to do mostly higher-level ball, we should also be willing to do some younger levels to give back to the community and help teach newcomers the basics of umpiring.
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