When is it Time

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

I've never done lower level yet, so I look forward to the small diamond when the legs no longer vault me forward.

I am always puzzled by this. Here in San Diego, you don't just start right in doing upper level baseball. They make everyone here pay their dues by working youth ball first, then a little JV, then finally Varsity. I was well into my 2nd year umpiring before I got Varsity games, then only sporadically. My 3rd year I was full-time Varsity and adult ball, but the first two years were brutal with the LL minors, majors, and horsey-ball.