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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Well, that would depend on what level and the mentality of the participants. I Personally, I don't buy into the animosity that does exist in many markets. In this area and others I have visited, it has ALWAYS been the baseball-only umpires looking down their noses at the softball umpires.
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To a one. I enjoyed calling softball; anywhere I can wear shorts callin ball in in Georgia, I'm in!
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AFAIC, if you are a sports official, you are a sports official. The game you do is irrelevant. Obviously, there is much more respect to those who strive to do it better than others, but money isn't always a motivator or sign of a better official. Will I give a baseball umpires and other sports officials some ribbing over the length of their games and sometimes the mechanics? Sure, but that is because I'm recruiting them to work softball
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You're full of it. A sports official is a sports official until you have to spend a day behind the plate watching 80+ mph baseballs dancing all over the place.
Softball guys need to understand that baseball guys who look down on you are cretins. But don't for a second think the level of profficiency is the same. It ain't. What you do is good enough, I'm a basball guy but I don't spend my time measuring weenie lenghts with Delta Force guys either.
