Alfanso Marquez

[waltjp]

Dan,

There's nothing wrong with doing this for 'love of the game' but it's also nice to make a few bucks while doing something you enjoy. There are several here that work LL baseball, me included. I don't know of anyone who umps LL exclusively.

If you're happy doing LL only, fine. Be the best you can be. But you'll probably find that you'll learn a lot more and work with better umpires when you work games outside of LL. That's not a knock on LL. That's just the way it is.

[LilLeaguer]

Originally Posted by waltjp

Dan,

There's nothing wrong with doing this for 'love of the game' but it's also nice to make a few bucks while doing something you enjoy. There are several here that work LL baseball, me included. I don't know of anyone who umps LL exclusively.

If you're happy doing LL only, fine. Be the best you can be. But you'll probably find that you'll learn a lot more and work with better umpires when you work games outside of LL. That's not a knock on LL. That's just the way it is.

Not that I'm a very frequent poster, but in thirteen years of umpiring, I have only worked LL games. FWIW.

I will note that many of the best umpires I work with also do a fair amount of non-LL umpiring, but I'm not sure how strong a trend that is.

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by LLPA13UmpDan

So what if i do Little League. Im in this game for the love of the game, not for the money.

Okay, you love the game. Wouldnt' you, then, want to contribute to it at a quality level? Shouldn't you, then, feel an obligagtion to improve, get proper training and actually read a rule book?

Wouldn't be better to listen and think about what experienced veterans have to offer instead of dismissing them outright, or, just as bad, offering your, at times, unfounded opinions as being equally valid?

Or does doing Little League for the love of the game mean you don't have to be good?

[waltjp]

I remember a thread a few months back about these masks. I don't recall if it was here or another forum, McGriff's maybe? If I remember correctly they won't ship the mask to the US.

[waltjp]

Try here.

http://www.umpire.org/modules.php?na...wtopic&p=27987

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by Tim C

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Thanks, we just need to remember that several other "expereinced umpires" wound up being the reverse of "LLDan" . . . they were kids posing as experienced umpires.

That being said, I have one piece of advice for "LLDan":

Buy a rule book and read it.

Regards,

Amen from the bobble-heads!