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posted 01/30/2010 Fairport Little League members:
Opening Day for the Fairport Little League 2010 Baseball and Softball season is quickly approaching and I would like to communicate a significant change in our umpiring policy for FLL baseball and softball games this year. The leagues impacted by this change are the Girls and Boys 9-12 year old leagues. (Minors, Major, Mustang, International, Bronco)
Little League International at Williamsport has implemented a rule change for the 2010 season. Rule 9.01 in the Baseball and Softball 2010 rule books has been modified to state that there must be at least one adult umpire officiating each game.
Our past policy allowed 13 – 17 year olds to umpire Fairport Little League games; and we have built our umpire crews to accommodate the large amount of games that we umpire each season. Historically, we have maintained a small cadre of adult umpires to provide an experience base and assist in training the younger umpires coming up through the system. However, with this new rule change we will need to recruit a larger group of 18+ umpires.
We are inviting anyone 18 and over to consider signing up to become an umpire for our League.
Rob Crippen
FLL Umpire Director
314-9015
