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Old Thu Jun 11, 2009, 01:26pm
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This guy got a free shirt from the Athletic Association and he was wearing tan dockers and white Nikes. He got $37.50 for the game and free food. He also rode his bike there so he must live pretty close by. Now, I think he had to buy his own cell phone and from the looks of it, I think it was an I-phone. Right there is a major expense in Umpire equipment.
Since when is it your place to determine if a person hird by the league is overpaid? Maybe he's there at $37.50 cause that's the only person they could get. 9U? Regular season? I wouldn't touch that with a 10-foot-pole.

(I have been known to do some LL games at this level for free, but that's different. Besides, we scare those coaches and if they act up we make them go away.)
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Old Thu Jun 11, 2009, 01:48pm
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Since when is it your place to determine if a person hird by the league is overpaid? Maybe he's there at $37.50 cause that's the only person they could get. 9U? Regular season? I wouldn't touch that with a 10-foot-pole.

(I have been known to do some LL games at this level for free, but that's different. Besides, we scare those coaches and if they act up we make them go away.)
I did not say he was overpaid. I was posting that in response to the guy that said he got free uniforms at McDonald's. I posted that to show that a guy who shaves and votes and takes a job should know a little bit about what he is doing when he is getting my money.

I remember the first time I ever officiated anything...I was the line judge for volleyball at my High School when I was in the 9th grade. I made sure to go over everything to make sure I knew what I was doing because they were PAYING ME. I was only 15 years old at the time.

Whatever wrongs you think I committed, it is nothing compared to someone taking money for a job and not trying to do it well. What about the tournament people who collected a lot of money and got umpires who had never seen a baseball game.
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Old Thu Jun 11, 2009, 02:38pm
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Perhaps the fielder thought he was playing dodgeball and pegged the runner. Whoops, can't play dodgeball anymore. Safe!
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Old Fri Jun 12, 2009, 01:23pm
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(I have been known to do some LL games at this level for free, but that's different. Besides, we scare those coaches and if they act up we make them go away.)
Yup, me too - "Look, boys and girls, Magic! Watch me make the nasty coach disappear!"
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Old Fri Jun 12, 2009, 01:31pm
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Yup, me too - "Look, boys and girls, Magic! Watch me make the nasty coach disappear!"
My last game last season was a bit of free community service -- a 9-10 year old game (it felt like the game was 9-10 years old) where I ended up ejecting the losing coach in the bottom of the last inning after a whacker at first base.

Perfect ending to a year.
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