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[Rcichon]

You guys really Umpire T-Ball?

[mbyron]

Why not? They'll move up to coach pitch in 2 years.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Why not? They'll move up to coach pitch in 2 years.

You are joking, I take it? They actually move up to LL Minors after T-Ball.

[Mountaineer]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

You are joking, I take it? They actually move up to LL Minors after T-Ball.

You don't have coach pitch in between Tball and Minors?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer

You don't have coach pitch in between Tball and Minors?

No, after T-Ball they go straight to minors. 6-7 is T-Ball, 8-10 is typically Minors, 10-12 is typically Majors. No coach pitch in LL here.

In PONY Baseball, they have machine pitch at the two lowest levels, Shetland and Pinto. Modified OBR after Pinto.

I've never seen a coach throw a pitch in LL or PONY baseball, except in BP.

[HokieUmp]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

No, after T-Ball they go straight to minors. 6-7 is T-Ball, 8-10 is typically Minors, 10-12 is typically Majors. No coach pitch in LL here.

In PONY Baseball, they have machine pitch at the two lowest levels, Shetland and Pinto. Modified OBR after Pinto.

I've never seen a coach throw a pitch in LL or PONY baseball, except in BP.

When I played LL in the early '70s, the 7-8 age was coach pitch, and what they call Minors and Majors now was one age group - 9 to 12 y.o. - and that was just called "Little League."

FWIW.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by HokieUmp

When I played LL in the early '70s, the 7-8 age was coach pitch, and what they call Minors and Majors now was one age group - 9 to 12 y.o. - and that was just called "Little League."

FWIW.

I don't know where you played, but I played LL in El Cajon, California in San Diego County, in 1965 and 1966. I remember that I wasn't eligible to play any baseball until I was at least 8 years old and be turning 9 by a certain date. Minors and Majors all had tryouts together. If you didn't make Majors they stuck you in Minors. My first year was Minors. We wore hats and these incredibly hot, heavy nylon jerseys and our blue jeans. We all had rubber cleated baseball shoes. You didn't get full unis until Majors.

My second year, I made Majors. That year, they opened up a new division called Caps League for 7 and 8 year olds, which later evolved into what we know today as T-Ball. This may have very well been "Coach Pitch," but I don't know because I never went over to watch their games.

[UmpLarryJohnson]

Originally Posted by Rcichon

You guys really Umpire T-Ball?

more improtant - what do ya pay???