I live in a a very small town and our girls little league team hasn't had an ump since the season started. I was watching my niece play and talking to one of the coaches and she realized I knew the game. I told her that it was mostly from watching my daughter play on her youth and from watching baseball on TV. I don't know the intricacies of the game let alone being an ump but they insisted and I didn't want to disappoint. They were using one of the 2 coaches they had as an ump affecting the girls while playing.

So I have my first game as an ump today. It's starts at 12 (I was alerted last minute) and I need a crash course. I plan on talking to both head coaches and telling them that I have very little experience but I will do my best to call a fair game. I will ask them to please have patience and pass the message along to the parents so they too can have patience with me.

But I would like some information on how to do the best job I can. I asked and because they are all first years (10-12 year old) they don't do drop 3rd (my daughter did at that age. From watching some of their games I realized that most pitches are balls and most strikes only come when one of them swings and misses. A ball of foul if it doesn't roll past the 1st or 3d base. 4 balls equals walk 3 strikes an out. I did noticed they have a run limit per and or time limit per inning. I'll have to double check today and I'm hoping one of the coaches is handling that since I don't have a timer and I'm not sure if the time is supposed to run freely or stops between batters etc...

Any and all help is more than welcome.

Thanks.