Do you guys get kind of annoyed when there are little kids playing machine pitch and they have on Pro Preferred Gloves, A2000's, Dynasty bats, or other fancy equipment, and just toss it in the dirt when they aren't using it because they don't know how good it is? I just started umpiring today, and it was 8 year old machine pitch, the catcher had the top of the line all-star gear, like what varitek uses, a pro preferred mitt, and he wasnt even good, the short stop was using an A2000, and the first baseman had a pro preferred mitt. They all didn't take care of it, just chucked it in the dirt, and it kind of ticked me off. I don't have that nice of gear, but if I did, I sure would take care of it. If you had a kid, would you buy him a $200 glove?
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