Any Baseball Umpires on CP?

[nickerjones]

I just started umpiring this season in the states.... Was just curious if you guys do it up in Calgary? WHat ages do you ump? Im curious as to how the pay scale matches up to down here. How long your seasons are etc...

[REDVAN]

I'm interested in umping, but I haven't taken the course. One of these days maybe.

[nickerjones]

Originally Posted by REDVAN

I'm interested in umping, but I haven't taken the course. One of these days maybe.

I ump little league and some Jr high and i havent ever had to take or been asked to take a course. I know if i wanted to umpire Highschool i would have to get a card and take the course. I guess i get a lil leeway since the people who own the parks still remember me playing there and i played all the way through college. Its actually a pretty good gig. When i do little league tournaments, I usually do 10yrs to 12 yrs old and i get paid 20 bucks a game cash . This weekend i did 20 games in 3 days. I also get all the free food and drink i need. When i do Jr High or little league away from the city ( small towns around where my family live) i get 35 bucks a game if i have a partner or 60 bucks if i can do them by myself. It gets to be pretty lucrative since i get paid well and i enjoy the work immensely. This is just a 2nd job but i love it. The only downfall is it is 100 degrees outside right now and that sucks. We started umping late February though and it will go to November or so.....

[Bobblehead]

I used to be a carded ump in Ontario but haven't done any since I was a teen. Even then I just did some low level minor ball, I just needed to have a card for provincial playoff games.

[OBCT]

I umped Little League (specifically, ages 10-14) for 4 years as a teen when I lived in Canada. Fun times. Good way to really learn the game, appreciate it in a different way, and improve your focus and power of observation.

As for pay scale, it was pretty meager. Something like $10 per game for the youngest ages (they called it "kid pitch"), maybe $12 per game for minors (usually 11 y.o.), $14 per game for majors (usually 12 y.o.), and around $17-$20 per game for Juniors (13 and 14 y.o.) I think. Of course, that was 7 years ago. Our seasons (not including rep teams, all stars, regionals/provincials/nationals, etc) were April thru June.

[nickerjones]

Well thats a short season but i know why...... i actually just got a gig , believe it or not for 8 year old girls machine pitch and they offered me 45 bucks a game ..... they said they were in a bind and my aunt gave them my name so they called. I quickly took it ..... 14 games in 2 days = 630 bucks.... not to bad

I know here they pay high school ball 75 bucks a game for each umpire. They usually play the Jv followed by the Varsity so i guess High school makes good money for 2 games a day. The only difference in High school is they send you check and tax you for it if you make over 2500$ a season.