My Introduction

[Darkside Umpire]

Greetings

 

I am a volunteer Little League umpire and love it. This is my 8th season umpiring. I love the interaction I have with the kids, the coaches and other umpires and live to train umpires on how to do the job better. I also have a dry sense of humor which I look at situations that occur on the field and take them to their illogical conclusion. I umpire in Southern California so the weather is always great for a game. I have tried my hand at travel ball but I didn't really care for it and decided that Little League is the place for me.

 

I am always striving to be a better umpire, looking for ways to become better each game. I usually pick one area to work on extensively from year to year. In past years, I have worked on plate mechanics, crisper basic 6 mechanics, and strike zone. This year, I have decided that I will be working on my footwork to make it more fluid and look less like I'm trying to catch up to something.

 

I do have a twitter account that I use during the baseball season, especially during the Little League World Series and the MLB playoffs, to make ludicrous statements that I really don't believe but think would be funny or poignant when the situation deems the statement needs to be made. I don't like making kids cry; I don't like ejecting coaches; I don't like belittling parents. My Evil Umpire persona loves these things though.

 

I look forward to being part of the community and learning whatever I can to do the game I love justice.

[Majordave]

Welcome Darth!

[johnnyg08]

Welcome! 

[JasonPalo]

Welcome to UE

[Ump29]

Welcome

[Magic]

Welcome

Games worked 26

[labguy1971]

Funny that you go by Darkside, as i switched from coaching to umpiring the umps that called games for me as a coach said that I was switching to the Darkside.  Welcome.

[JaxRolo]

Welcome

[Stan W.]

welcome to the site.