Bad Umpires are Bad Umpires...

[Andy]

This is a subject that is near and dear to my heart. Actually, seeing bad umpiring just pisses me off....

My daughter has played two years in a rec league sponsored by a local church. The quality of play is not good.

The league co-ordinator uses whoever he can get for umpires. Out of the 7 or 8 guys that he regularly uses, only one shows up in a uniform and when it get hot, he ditches his pants for denim shorts. The rest of the guys just wear whatever. These guys don't know the rules, have no clue on the proper mechanics, and generally appear disinterested.

I have known the league co-ordinator for several years and have offered to do a clinic for the umpires, but he won't take me up on it.

It just irritates the h*ll out of me that I bust my butt to learn and apply the rules and do the job the right way, but people judge all umpires by what these types of clowns do. Is it any wonder that we almost always have an automatic bias against us?