steve15blue

I wanted to introduce myself, 2012 was my first year as an umpire, I'm retired and from Bucks County, PA and have wanted to do it for a long time and finally contacted my local athletic association during the winter and the next thing I knew was busy doing games. I have been both PU and BU in games ranging from players 8 years old on up to 15. I learned very quickly in my first season and want to keep learning and improving. This looks like a great forum to be part of. Steve

Danny, if you're looking for volunteers who want to work hard at their craft and if I'm anywhere in your area, I'd like to see how I can become involved with you.

I'm also a brand new member and a first year umpire from Southeastern, PA we've got to talk, I'm in Bucks County, Lower Southampton

This was my first season as an umpire and I worked mainly solo, though I did do a couple of games as BU, I agree, I would have at least liked it split up 50 -50 so I would have had a chance to get used to both positions. I learned a lot by working as PU, timing was one of the main things I learned quickly because of the tendency to call a pitch too soon. I did concentrate on making sure I knew the rotations in the two man system and the angles and positioning because I know next season I'll need to know that, it's just a matter of learning the rotations on diagrams and putting it into play are two different things. I'll be going to one of the Wendelstedt clinics in the off season and any other clinics I can find out there just to try and get a little better every year at the level I umpire, which is HS