First game on the dish...ever

[briancurtin]

Originally Posted by ToGreySt

does everybody start out at lower levels then worked their way up to HS? has anyone started at HS?

Joe

i started when i was 14. i would work out with the assignor of LL that if i played a morning game(s) i could work an afternoon game or double header for him. if i played in the afternoon, id umpire early games, and i tried to pick one up during the week as well. thats how i started, but im sure there are some that jumped in later on

when i started out and for the first bunch of years, i was just a kid out there wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt, thats how we all did it. i dont know that really counts in my umpiring "resume" - thats just my first years

[Clint Lawson]

I have never seen a JV pitcher throw 85mph.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Clint Lawson

I have never seen a JV pitcher throw 85mph.

I'm glad somebody said something.

[moorg]

Originally Posted by Clint Lawson

I have never seen a JV pitcher throw 85mph.

I generally subtract 15 from anything that I do not see on a JUGS gun for myself.

[kylejt]

Originally Posted by Clint Lawson

I have never seen a JV pitcher throw 85mph.

There was a twelve year in my town throwing 81mph. Perhaps you caught his 18 K's in six innings on TV. That's 81mph from 46'. I did most of his games last year, and they were, ah, interesting.

Kyle

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Clint Lawson

I have never seen a JV pitcher throw 85mph.

The JV right fielder that had never pitched before who took me out of the game (only time ever) with a fastball directly to my left elbow, was throwing well over 85 mph. He had no clue where the ball was going and the catcher was so overmatched he couldn't get a glove on the ball.