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Originally Posted by JRutledge
What is so special about American Legion Ball? Where I live if you are open you can work that level if you are assigned. I am sure some people are not allowed to work that level based on who assigns it, but most people that work during the summer are working stuff they would not normally work during the regular season. What is the big deal about American Legion as if you have to be God's gift to umpiring to work it?
Peace
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I will say the same things as DG said: Out here, yeah, you do have to be God's gift to umpiring, or a reasonable facscimilie to get assigned these games, as they are far more competitive than your everyday HS varsity ball, which out here is pretty damn good too. People aren't allowed to work it, not by who assigns it, but by their qualifications.
We have the wood bat/D-1 style games here too, and you have to be good to work those too. There isn't a level of ball offered in my association that I didn't work. But many other umpires were never assigned Legion or wood bat leagues. While you say that all you need to be is "open" to work that kind of ball may be true in your area, but obviously not in the area mentioned, which was the subject. You put inexperienced umpires on Legion ball here, you're asking for trouble.