|
New guy
Happy Holidays. I am new to this site. I am a high school and college umpire in the Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin area and a 25 year police officer. Larry Young spoke to our award ceremony last night. Larry would not take a fee but did accept our donation for UmpsCare, the major league umpires charity. I asked him if I could ask some questions and post them on this site. He said absolutely and sends his" best wishes to fellow umpires."
Bruce Froemming--Bruce is retired as of 1/1/08 and will then be working somewhere in baseball, but not as an umpire supervisor
Randy Marsh-- Randy is not retiring next year
Guccione and Drake--Had many good things to say about both. Both are very much in the mix , but face the problem of no openings. Larry predicts both will eventually have long careers in the major leagues.
Larry Young--Was injured in a game in July in Chicago. Three doctors have told him he will not umpire again. Is still on the staff, but is weighing his options which may include a supervisory position with MLB. Wants to work with minor, major , and internationl umpires. Has been umpiring since the age of 13, but has no regrets, saying, "If this is indeed the end of my umpiring career, I was fortunate to umpire at the MLB level for 24 years possessing average ability. I would now like to help some younger MLB umpires reach their dream of working a world series, and help some Milb umpires reach their dream of working in the big leagues."
He received a standing ovation from our members
|