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A bad call is a bad call - REGARDLESS of where it is! - Coach Bob (length=2918)
I would like to respectfully disagree to some extent with Jon Toner and his comments regarding umpires, and the level of play. But first, I ...

How To Attract and Retain Your Volunteer Umpires - Jim Porter (length=5794)
I thought you might be interested in this article I wrote and posted on the KNLL message board a month or two ago. I hope you find it helpfu ...

Umpires Creating Havoc - Kenneth Bean (length=2003)
Hi Coach9 I have had days like that! YEEEECHHH!!! I just wrote an eloquent post and the board glitched it. You would have loved it thoug ...

I believe it, but...Coaches - learn something here (Interference/Obstruction/Umpire in Chief responsibilities) - Jim Porter (length=3986)
1. The base umpire was wrong, this was not obstruction against the defense. (You keep calling obstruction, "interference." That's a dangerou ...

Calling Runner out while Timeout on the field - eddie.t (length=694)
jerry b. i am a umpire in philly. i do three different leagues of baseball a summer.from 7years old to 16years old,i love the game,and in ev ...

Duane -- put on your umpire hat - Gordon (length=462)
Thanks, now I see that we are on the same page. I believed I missed understood your interpetation of the rule. I thought the subject was L.L ...

What Bear 's God Tries to Tell Him To See in U M P I R E S - Bear (length=1551)
& boy, do I need to be more 'religious' ......today.......everyday, Thanks Bob Marsh. &b to my oldest daugther (doing her 3rd year of mis ...

5-year-old player - Jim J. (length=2104)
I haven't read a single response in this thread - yet. I'll probably skim them after posting mine. What is his league age (i.e., is his b ...

A player is NEVER forced to slide. - Jim Porter (length=1016)
I must disagree with the other posters. There is no "must slide" rule in any league and under any set of rules. Some local leagues employ su ...

A word to the unwise. - David Emerling (length=1278)
There is a certain rapport between the plate umpire and the catchers ... of both teams. By asking your catcher, "Where was that pitch?" yo ...

By harrasing young umpires we are killing ourselves - Geezzz (length=3214)
We had six 13-15 year old (young men) attend the last umpire clinic we had this spring before the season started. Out of those six, five of ...

Some do, yes. - Kenneth Bean (length=1242)
Hi Guys I think calling umpires by their name is best. Good point Splitter, but in the midst of getting everyone pointed in the right dire ...

Why youth umpires are scarce - Scorekeeper (length=1481)
Wanna job! Actually, your point is super! One thing you can count on at almost every youth baseball game is, everyone from the scorekeeper ...