Putting the Game in Blues Hands

[Ump20]

Originally posted by Jim Mills
Thanks, Peter, but you have your "Jims" confused.

I'm from Michigan. Our pay s--....well, it isn't competitive. There is a HS league here that pays any fool willing to work it $55 for a VARSITY DOUBLEHEADER.

Ump20 is Jim from NY.

Although I am inactive and no longer doing high school baseball I can tell you the downstate fees are the best around. Varsity gets $90 per game. What may be even more difficult to believe is that girls' softball officials are now on an equal footing. I think it had something to do with a potential lawsuit.

You can come on up to Long Island to officiate. Full availablity gets you I think 25-30 games per season but some of your "standards" may face the close scruitny of varsity coaches who determine the lion's share of your rating. Instead of a pre-game your partner at the plate may be sharing war stories with the home coach about where their kids are going to college and the base guy is going to be over at first BS'ing with each base coach between every inning. I also think Long Island has some of the highest electric rates in the country but unlike California we seem to have plent of it. Jim/NY