Softball Baseball

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Well, that would depend on what level and the mentality of the participants. I Personally, I don't buy into the animosity that does exist in many markets. In this area and others I have visited, it has ALWAYS been the baseball-only umpires looking down their noses at the softball umpires.

To a one. I enjoyed calling softball; anywhere I can wear shorts callin ball in in Georgia, I'm in!

AFAIC, if you are a sports official, you are a sports official. The game you do is irrelevant. Obviously, there is much more respect to those who strive to do it better than others, but money isn't always a motivator or sign of a better official. Will I give a baseball umpires and other sports officials some ribbing over the length of their games and sometimes the mechanics? Sure, but that is because I'm recruiting them to work softball

You're full of it. A sports official is a sports official until you have to spend a day behind the plate watching 80+ mph baseballs dancing all over the place.

Softball guys need to understand that baseball guys who look down on you are cretins. But don't for a second think the level of profficiency is the same. It ain't. What you do is good enough, I'm a basball guy but I don't spend my time measuring weenie lenghts with Delta Force guys either.