A great day!
 

A first for me.

I got to umpire a game yesterday with my 14 yo daughter!

She has played now for a few years and told me earlier this year that she wants to try umpiring. Our church has a recreational/instructional league for kids that I help out with from time to time, so this is a perfect opportunity to get her started.

Just kind of a cool feeling to have your daughter as your partner!

Lucky guy - enjoy the times

Very cool!

Enjoy it Andy.

I had umpired some LL games with my son a few years back - he decided to not continue umpiring after he was 16 years old.
However, I have umpired many LL softball games with my daughter during the past 3 years and this year she registered with MHSAA. She is scheduled to umpire some high school JV level double headers and I am actually working a high school JV DH with her in a couple weeks. Sweet !!!

We will continue working LL softball once the high school season is completed.

Great times that I truely enjoy.

From the other side...and another sport (hope y'all don't mind).

I received a contract this weekend to officiate at our State track meet in June. My father will be a referee.

I had trouble sleeping last night and we are 6 weeks away.

I'm fixing to start my 21st season umpiring with my son. We do 3rd/4th grade girls softball. Started when he was 13-14. Took a bit of work on position, etc, but he's turned into a real good umpire. And these turkey coaches are learning it is not the world series. It's rec ball. Chill....

That's awesome, Steve. That's exactly how I started: umpiring with my father, and I've stuck with it after all these years.

And I've noticed that this is your first post here. Welcome to the board! You're in the right place!

Thanks... I've been scanning this board for quite a while, picking up useful info. Thought it time to register and put my 2 cents in where appropriate.

Welcome, Steve.

Steve, thanks for hopping on board. This is a great place to learn the nuances of the game. Dave

We also dispense great beer reviews. :)

Get it? "Dispense?"

Steve - let me add my welcome.

It's a cool feeling :cool: to umpire with your kid! I hope I can get 20+ years out of it like you have!

That much of a reach is bad enough, but explaining it just for Mike - aaaggghhhh ! :eek:

We're umpires. Sometimes, we're a little slow on the uptake. ;)

But, never too slow on the intake!!