Hope I never get involved in this!

tcannizzo · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 30, 2006, 06:04pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

As a youngster (16 yo), I umpired (baseball) in a league that had a hard time getting someone to coach a team. Teams were neighborhood/development related. This one team finally got a former semi-pro player to manage. After having tossed him a half-dozen times in a month, I finally forfeited a game when he refused to leave.

You did this at 16? And I thought I had a mis-spent adolesence...

LLPA13UmpDan · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 30, 2006, 06:25pm

I suppose as umpires we're going to have to start wearing gun belts and carrying tazers

IRISHMAFIA · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Oct 30, 2006, 06:32pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by tcannizzo

You did this at 16? And I thought I had a mis-spent adolesence...

Actually, I started a month or so before my 14th birthday

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