Watching the umpires was something that seemed more interesting at times because they were the ones who really decided how a game went. A close play at home could be life or death for a team, and all that weight rested on the shoulders of the umpire, who after less than 2 seconds has to make a decision with millions of dollars on the line at times with millions watching and waiting for their call. I found the local umpiring league in my area, and I signed up. The classes met just 3 times before we had to take our test, and since I really wanted to become an umpire, I studied hard. Thankfully, it was merely 9-10 baseball, so it wasn’t anything too fast paced for my 15 year old brain to handle. When I wasn’t doing homework, I was studying the rulebook for my local league because many of their rules were much different than that of other leagues. They were designed to help aid the pitchers in that league that were known to struggle with hitting the strike zone. It also helped to prevent kids from stealing on every pitch that was also due to how terrible the pitching
Watching the umpires was something that seemed more interesting at times because they were the ones who really decided how a game went. A close play at home could be life or death for a team, and all that weight rested on the shoulders of the umpire, who after less than 2 seconds has to make a decision with millions of dollars on the line at times with millions watching and waiting for their call. I found the local umpiring league in my area, and I signed up. The classes met just 3 times before we had to take our test, and since I really wanted to become an umpire, I studied hard. Thankfully, it was merely 9-10 baseball, so it wasn’t anything too fast paced for my 15 year old brain to handle. When I wasn’t doing homework, I was studying the rulebook for my local league because many of their rules were much different than that of other leagues. They were designed to help aid the pitchers in that league that were known to struggle with hitting the strike zone. It also helped to prevent kids from stealing on every pitch that was also due to how terrible the pitching