[johnnyg08]

Imagine being a skip in A ball and a couple of 19 - 22 yr old umpire school grads show up to work your minor league game. we can't bust their chops too much...esp in 10 year old ball...I'd be willing to bet in 10 yr old ball America, you'd find more "hands are part of the bat" umpires than you could shake a stick at. That being said, they can't get any better unless they're out there working..and them working that level, I can't think of a better place to learn the rules, mechanics, and dealing with the weird stuff that can happend in baseball...that's the level of ball where you see all the weird stuff. With a good instructor and a clinic or two under their belts, they will, at some point, maybe be our peers. Remember, nearly every one of us was "that new ump" at one point.