2010 Umpire Guidelines for the Lower & Upper Minor Divisions.

Due to Bismarck Youth Baseball’s struggle to provide quality volunteer umpires each year, the Board of Directors is implementing new umpire guidelines for officiating Lower/Upper Minor League Games this season.The consequence of not having sufficient Umpires to officiate a league game will result in a game forfeiture.

Each Upper and Lower Minor Division team will be required to provide two volunteer parents to serve as official league game umpires for the 2010 season. These two volunteers will alternate officiating games throughout the season. The consequence of not providing an Umpire at a league game will result in a game forfeiture. Each set of team umpires will share an equipment bag with the necessary equipment to officiate a league game. It will be their responsibility to see that the bag is with the proper person each game. The Umpire volunteers from each team will meet before the start of each game to determine who will take which umpire position on the field. One will be positioned behind the plate and the other will ump the bases.

Each Umpire volunteer will be provided with an Umpire shirt and hat. Each volunteer is required to attend the Umpire clinic. At the clinic, we will review our league rules as well as other baseball rules you will need to know. The clinic will be held at the Hughes gym.

Lower Minors            4-18-10            5-6:30pm
Upper Minors            4-19-10            5-6:30pm

If a team fails to produce two volunteers for umpiring training that team’s games will be forfeited until they have supplied two (2) properly trained volunteers. Head Coaches may not serve as one of the two volunteers. Assistant Coaches may serve as an Umpire volunteer; however they may NOT perform any coaching duties during any game they are officiating.