7/11/11 - Break from Little League

I was not scheduled to do any umpiring this past weekend. But I received a call on Sunday morning to see if I could umpire a Legion Game in Plymouth, NH.  Very happy to do it. I have about 25 days before I will be at the East Region tournament for Little League in Bristol CT. I want to be ready and have as many good games under my belt as possible. Doing a game on 90foot Diamond is the same but different as on a 60foot diamond. Those that are umpires, you now that during the play the mechanics are close to the same. But the starting position and what to watch for can be very different. It was a warm day to umpire behind the plate, but I know it will be a lot hotter in Bristol. My next LL game is Wednesday night at Colby Field in Laconia, NH. I will have the plate for the 9/10 year old. It will be a much different look on Wednesday then this past Sunday. Also hope to umpire some at the District semi-finals on Sunday 7/17. Games will be played in Hooksett. I just may have some of my pins for trading in Bristol at the semi-finals. Look for my blog after Wednesday 9/10 game.

7/8/11 Laconia 11/12

I was able to see some of the 11/12 Laconia play tonight. Being an umpire, and doing games on neutral fields with neutral umpires does not usually give time to watch the home team. Arrived to game at end of 3rd inning, Laconia over Somersworth 12 - 4. Somersworth scored a few and forced it to the 5th inning. Then the flood gates opened again and Laconia scored a ton. Final was 21 - 6 in 5 innings. Watching these neutral umpires lets me know how much pride umpires from Laconia take into doing a good job. Saw one umpire in tan shorts instead of Grey pants. No rotating or moving on plays in there 4 man system. Saw what I thought was an interference on runner from first to second and no call. Actually home plate umpire started to raise his arm as runner was out. They met after play and decide runner safe even though he knocked into fielder and no play was able to be made on batter runner. If you ever get the chance to watch umpire from Laconia NH LL D2 you will see that they do every effort to look and be professional while letting the kids have FUN!