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Oh ja, for sure!
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I would do it for one reason, I'm an umpire.
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Which is exactly why I tell my assignor, "I'll call whatever you put in front of me."
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Yet, there is a good possibility it may be a more difficult game to umpire. Wouldn't you want the experienced umpire here?
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Oh, of course! There are some low-level teams in our area that are notorious for giving lesser-qualified umpires a harder time, and a stronger umpire should go to those games. My statement about JuCo is general in nature. Exceptions will always exist.
However... If this had happened in D1, I'm sure it wouldn't be just in local papers like what happened in this incident. It'd probably make it all the way to ESPN. Thus, as an assignor, you want to minimize the likelihood of that happening by putting your better umpires on those games.