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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
All the more reason some leagues should not waste the time or money on an umpire for certain games.
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Well, even for kids' games, I think it gives them a sense of "hey, this is for real" when a real umpire shows up and not some volunteer wearing jean shorts and a white t-shirt. If leagues want to pay for an umpire, then let them pay for one. However, if it's purely rec ball, don't expect the assignors to send their best umpires. They should require just one umpire instead of a two-ump crew.
There's one adult league here that exists purely for the fun of it. The teams even offered last year to forgo the playoffs so that they could all have a big cookout instead. Our assignor tried to convince them that if that's their goal (just to have fun), maybe they could do with only one umpire and save a bit of money. Unfortunately, the person running the league declined and insisted upon two umpires for every game.