LL All Stars & Travel Team Question

[ozzy6900]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Well - if you followed any of the LL boards or participated in LL instead of bashing it you'd see a LOT of LL umpires who are also LL officials and who rule on such issues.

Well, if you remember, I spent my first 5 years umpiring LL until there was an opening on the local HS board. In my day, I was known as a "Plate Man" to you younger umpires a plate man is a sucker who does 4 to 5 games on a Saturday behind the plate because the UIC feels comfortable with him there. umpired sectionals, regionals and all stars. That was almost 40 years ago and I see that crap still goes on. I also saw 2 kids through LL baseball & softball in the 1990's.

Through the years I have seen LL go from a decent organization to a bloated farce that tries to oversee the game with idiotic rules generated by stupid BOD's and parents who cannot understand that not everyone gets to play in life and life is not fair! LL is far from what it is supposed to be. Hell, when I played LL if the coach sat you, you stayed on the bench until called. There was no complaining by the player or parents because that's the way it worked.

I was there, Rich, so if I tell you it sucks, I am telling you the truth and at almost 60 yrs old, I am not changing my tune for you or anyone.