We pride ourselves in our training. We meet regularly and we bring umpires along at a pace that is best for their abilities.

I do it for the love of the game. Most of us do.

It would help us tremendously to get those kinds of numbers.

We have a gap right now with a lot of umpires with great experience and then a lot of young umpires. It would be nice to start filling that void in the middle. And we...

The issues umpires face are a little different than those of officials from other sports because of the time commitment. The logistics of it are very demanding for everyone involved.