Question for you FED Umpires

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Welpe

So I'm looking in to starting to call FED ball next Spring and I'm wondering something.

What kind of regular job do you have and how does your employer feel about you leaving work early once or twice a week? Most games around here seem to start at 4 o'clock. Between traffic and getting to the field early enough to have a good pre-game and inspect equipment, it seems I would have to leave work as early as 2.

I'm just starting my career and I'm hesitant to ask for something like this, but I also want to start working High School soon with the eventual goal of calling Division 1 NCAA baseball. I figure that's going to take quite a few years and a lot more training.

I'd appreciate any suggestions or adivce.

See if you can work 6 - 2 during the baseball season. (Or 6-2 on game days (2-3 per week) and 6-5 on the other days (3-2 per week))

[Jerry]

Or you can just show up 5-minutes before game time and skip all the preliminaries. More than likely, if your partner is an old-timer, that's what he's gonna do.

As for Division I . . . you can probably start at lower Junior College and NAIA games next season. The downside is those games normally start earlier in the afternoon and you may have to drive as far as 90-miles.

Jerry