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Old Mon Jun 15, 2009, 01:17pm
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Wow.....two umpires officiating a 6U game!
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Old Mon Jun 15, 2009, 01:26pm
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Wow.....two umpires officiating a 6U game!
We do the same thing for our 10uRec.. not because of the play, but because we are using youth umpires and the way the coaches at times behave.
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Old Mon Jun 15, 2009, 08:28pm
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We do the same thing for our 10uRec.. not because of the play, but because we are using youth umpires and the way the coaches at times behave.
It's difficult for the associations in this area to field two umpires for a high school JV game. The assignor's could have a heart attack if they had to put two umpires on a 6U game.
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Wow.....two umpires officiating a 6U game!
Exactly!

Tonight I have three women's 23U games - solo. I would love to have a partner that needs work on the bases.
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Old Mon Jun 15, 2009, 01:32pm
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Exactly!

Tonight I have three women's 23U games - solo. I would love to have a partner that needs work on the bases.
23U?

I'm on my way!
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Old Mon Jun 15, 2009, 01:43pm
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unlike 6U.. definately some sport at 23U.
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Old Mon Jun 15, 2009, 01:54pm
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unlike 6U.. definately some sport at 23U.
Oh I'm SO not touching that one!
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Old Mon Jun 15, 2009, 03:39pm
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I got my start doing 8U coach pitch at 17, which was also the same summer I got asked to work some adult men's beer league games. The 8U games were harder, because I had to keep track of when a batter had 10 pitches from the coach before we brought out the tee, in addition to calling the plays on the bases. The beer league guys...well, let's just say there was an additional illicit game fee in my truck after the game.

On another note, I've seen 12 year olds work soccer for the kids around the age of 5 and 6, so hearing that there's two 15 year olds doing 6U ball isn't too surprising to me. Although, I'm SHOCKED there were two umpires for 6U. I did basically anything 12U and under in my hometown, baseball and softball, by myself a strong majority of the time.
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Old Mon Jun 15, 2009, 04:03pm
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I got my start doing 8U coach pitch at 17, which was also the same summer I got asked to work some adult men's beer league games. The 8U games were harder, because I had to keep track of when a batter had 10 pitches from the coach before we brought out the tee, in addition to calling the plays on the bases. The beer league guys...well, let's just say there was an additional illicit game fee in my truck after the game.

On another note, I've seen 12 year olds work soccer for the kids around the age of 5 and 6, so hearing that there's two 15 year olds doing 6U ball isn't too surprising to me. Although, I'm SHOCKED there were two umpires for 6U. I did basically anything 12U and under in my hometown, baseball and softball, by myself a strong majority of the time.
I'm not too terribly shocked that there are two umpires for this league. When I was a kid playing in the local softball league (from 4th grade to 8th grade), we actually had two fields going at the same time. It was about 50/50 as to whether we had one or two umpires on each field, and they were all volunteers.

Granted, these were not the best-trained umpires in the world; no real training was provided, no clinics, no evals, nothing. However, there were people willing to step up and accept the challenge. I was one of them. That's how I got my start.

So when I hear about a 6U league using 2 fresh umpires, I don't really question it so much. After all, we all have to get our start somewhere, and if the expectation is clearly set and maintained in the league that coaches should not treat the games as life or death, I see no harm in it.
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