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For the second day, the schedule remained the same – our crew had the 2:00 and 8:00 games.  Again, it was bright sun and humid, making for a sweaty afternoon.  I should mention that the staff was taking good care of both the plate umpire and the catchers, bringing them both water and towels between […]

For the first day, my crew was assigned to the later pair of games – 2:00 and 8:00.  (The other games were at 11:00 and 5:00).  I was assigned first base for our first game, for which I was thankful.  Since we were using 6 umpires for all games, there is little in the way […]

Thursday was “arrival day.”  The umpires are being housed in a very nice Hampton Inn located about 10-15 minutes away from the Little League complex.  I drove up in the morning, checked into the hotel and then went over to the complex for our scheduled umpire meeting.  One minor bit of amusement – finding the […]

I was lucky enough to get selected to umpire at the Little League Baseball Eastern Regional this year (2012).  This is the tournament for 12-year-olds – the team that wins goes to Williamsport for the Little League World Series.  (I say “the” because there are actually 8 different Little League World Series – Majors, Juniors, […]