LL Mandatory Play

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by GarthB

There is no "real" baseball below the MiLB level.

I guess unless we're pro umpires, we've just been wasting our time all these years. Damn, before coming on these internet charlie sites, I was a pretty confident and happy sports official. Now I find out I've been working fake baseball all this time. How depressing.

[Carbide Keyman]

I was feelin' real good about myself and my umpirin' till I found out that bein' a XXL shirt wearin', +POS chest protector wearin', HSM wearin' should disqualify me from being a good umpire and bein' seen in public as a member of the umpirin' community.

I'm shore glad it was pointed out to me before I made a fool of myself !




Doug

[Dave Hensley]

I don't take the "real baseball" bait. There's pro baseball, there's college, there's HS, there's Connie Mack, there's amateur adult baseball, and yes, there's Litte League (both trademarked and generic) baseball. And on and on.

In 1994 when my two sons were pretty much at the peak of their fanaticism over what some here are calling "real" baseball, the "real" baseball players went on strike. My boys were devastated, until I packed them in the van and took them on a little vacation. We saw MiLB games, we saw independent pro games, and we saw high school summer leagues playing baseball that was real enough for us.

That strike wasn't, and wasn't close to, the end of baseball. Pardon my James Earl Jones imitation, but as long as there are youth fields and high school fields and beer league fields dotting the landscape, people will be playing, watching, and umpiring baseball, whether the bonus babies are out there performing or not.

F**k "real" baseball. The baseball I participate in is real enough for me.

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by Dave Hensley

I don't take the "real baseball" bait. There's pro baseball, there's college, there's HS, there's Connie Mack, there's amateur adult baseball, and yes, there's Litte League (both trademarked and generic) baseball. And on and on.

In 1994 when my two sons were pretty much at the peak of their fanaticism over what some here are calling "real" baseball, the "real" baseball players went on strike. My boys were devastated, until I packed them in the van and took them on a little vacation. We saw MiLB games, we saw independent pro games, and we saw high school summer leagues playing baseball that was real enough for us.

That strike wasn't, and wasn't close to, the end of baseball. Pardon my James Earl Jones imitation, but as long as there are youth fields and high school fields and beer league fields dotting the landscape, people will be playing, watching, and umpiring baseball, whether the bonus babies are out there performing or not.

F**k "real" baseball. The baseball I participate in is real enough for me.

Dave,

I didn't use it as bait. I responded to the ridiculous argument various youth organizations have with one another over who has "real" baseball. I took that argument to the extreme to point out that none of them can lay claim to "real" baseball.

[Jurassic Referee]

Here's a follow-up story from USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseb...-forfeit_x.htm

What I kinda found amazing was that the Vermont team only was carrying eleven kids in this game instead of their regular roster of 13 because of injuries. A supposedly experienced coach couldn't figure out how to get two(2) subs legally into the game? And he blames everybody else for his screw-up? Yeah...right!

[mick]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Here's a follow-up story from USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseb...-forfeit_x.htm

What I kinda found amazing was that the Vermont team only was carrying eleven kids in this game instead of their regular roster of 13 because of injuries. A supposedly experienced coach couldn't figure out how to get two(2) subs legally into the game? And he blames everybody else for his screw-up? Yeah...right!

Yes, JR, that is quite amazing. I would bet the two injured players were encouraged to be injured.

[Dave Hensley]

Originally Posted by GarthB

Dave,

I didn't use it as bait. I responded to the ridiculous argument various youth organizations have with one another over who has "real" baseball. I took that argument to the extreme to point out that none of them can lay claim to "real" baseball.

I understand and agree with your point.