amateur umpires

[SJA]

According to David Yorke, at the NYSBUA Clinic this past weekend, there are an estimated 4 MILLION amateur umpires in the US.

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[Thunderheads]

Just now, SJA said:

According to David Yorke, at the NYSBUA Clinic this past weekend, there are an estimated 4 MILLION amateur umpires in the US.

:-?

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[kylehutson]

4 hours ago, SJA said:

 

According to David Yorke, at the NYSBUA Clinic this past weekend, there are an estimated 4 MILLION amateur umpires in the US.

 

I'm not buying it. That would be over 1% of the population.

[Stk004]

1 hour ago, kylehutson said:

I'm not buying it. That would be over 1% of the population.

I'm betting it was more of a "how many umpires have worked games" excluding guys who work more than once. 

[beerguy55]

5 hours ago, SJA said:

According to David Yorke, at the NYSBUA Clinic this past weekend, there are an estimated 4 MILLION amateur umpires in the US.

:-?

If there are three million kids playing Little League there are about six million umpires sitting in the stands

[Mister B]

1 hour ago, beerguy55 said:

If there are three million kids playing Little League there are about six million umpires sitting in the stands

In their minds, they aren't amateurs. They've surpassed the pro-level.