This sent the wrong message.

[Rich]

Thank goodness my state had the wisdom to require two umpires at every game at every level. This would never happen here.

But I've lived in places where we would work solo and I can say this situaion wouldn't happen there, either. We'd pull umpires from lower level games to cover varsity, but not JV/Freshman. Let's face it, JV/Freshman are developmental levels and the varsity game should not suffer for a lower level game.