Anyone got any umpire questions? And no, I won't be answering "why are the umpires at ______ so shitty" or "the umpire at my kid's game had a real attitude problem. What's his deal?"
Got any good umpire job progression tips? I think it would be perfect for my 15 year old but he doesn't want to start in the rec leagues and wants to go straight to doing competitive games. Hes got a connection to basically do it all summer at 3&2 if he wants to but I think he's going to get his ass handed to him if he goes straight to that and will quit and never go back.
Depends on what level he starts at at 3&2. You have to grind through those little kid games. The only real way to progress is stick with it and get reps. I think its a fantastic side hustle because you can pretty much work as much or as little as you want and they are so short on umpires at all levels that you can move up.
Biggest thing is if he starts on machine pitch- be prepared for some dumb crap. The young parents don't know the game and get way too emotional about it.
He's a pitcher so I feel confident in his ability to gauge and keep a solid strike zone and manage that aspect behind the plate. I think the aspects of things like getting in position to call a close foul ball down either line, throw out situations at third, weird one offs that happen once a weekend. I assume they have umpire training programs in the metro, I think that's probably what he needs and then just work the little kids games on up.
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