piaa_ump posted:This is not an excuse for poor umpiring..........but understand that in HS baseball, you often don't get the best umpire.........just the most available umpire.......
With 3-4:30 or so start times, the umpires who are available are often retirees......and often sub varsity gets lesser quality umpires........and the chronic shortage of umpires does nothing to lessen the problem.
I often have far better umpires working evening 13-14 yr old games because of the starting times....
Plus we all acknowledge that in all levels there are people who just aren't suited to be in Umpiring
All true. Week day lower level games, you get what you get. Sometimes they can even see. 