My buddy on second base and TV.

[Mike Follett]

I'm not sure if I'm following you here.
Are you saying that maybe he wasn't qualified to be there?

If it was strictly based on a resume of LL volunteering and service, I know of many fine umpires who should have been there a long time ago. I also know of some who got there quick because they were memebers of the good old boy club. Nothing new there.
That's not just a LL thing, though..........
If you officiate any sport, for any length of time, you soon enough experience the politics of the sports official.