Parking lots... where the clowns live

[Striker991]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Okay, in your asinine comment, God should have been capitalized, as you were referring to a specific god. You did not say "one of the gods' gift." You said "God's gift," and in that context, it is a proper noun..

No, I wasn't referring to the specific god of Christianity. I wasn't referring to any specific god. Don't assume. If I would have meant that, I would have capitalized it.

"In 20 years of HS ball I didn't get as much crap thrown at me as in ONE season doing Little League! There is no way I would even consider working games for free."

In the words of Mr. Rutledge, maybe you need to grow some sack.

The sad part of all of this is that people feel they need to get paid for helping out in their community, whether it is officiating, helping with community centers, working in parks, etc. It is a very sad commentary about what our society has become when people don't feel that something is worth doing unless they are compensated.

Those that are commenting about doing what they do for a living or for extra money isn't worth doing for free should look at programs like Habitat for Humanity. These people that make much more as carpenters, plumbers, roofers, etc at their jobs than you would ever dream about making as an umpire are willing to use their talents for free to assist someone else, even though they get nothing for it and it is "work" and time spend away from their immediate families.

Even though there are issues with many youth programs, the truth is that these programs teach the kids many valuable life lessons and keep them from spending their time in less favorable activities. It is easy for you guys that refuse to involve yourselves to criticize. What did you do to help improve the situation while you were (if you were) involved? Or, as most do, just gripe and complain and leave?

So, don't be involved; that is your choice. You have other priorities; that's great! However, if you have nothing to contribute to improve, then you have nothing to belittle and demean. It just shows how little of a person you must be to belittle and demean those that are trying to make a difference in those programs.

The really small people are the ones that ridicule the umpires in these programs that come here with questions and looking for information. They berate, belittle and demean their programs, then when they come here trying to improve they berate, belittle and demean them. What sense does that make? Why not be helpful and courteous? If you refuse to participate, why not assist them in these forums where you can?

Hmmmmmm?