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Umpires
Why Become an Umpire?
Right now, there is a severe shortage of officials across all sports and GLL is certainly not exempt from that with a number of games going understaffed last year. Without umpires, baseball cannot be played to its full potential so to give our players and parents the best experience possible, we need more umpires.
Umpiring is a great way to be (or stay) involved with the game of baseball. It can help you develop life skills like decision-making, communication, dealing with pressure and handling responsibility among many others. For many (such as myself), it is a first job. This means it can offer you some money to spend, something to put on your resume, in addition to gaining life and job experience. For those who play baseball, it can deepen your understanding of the game through learning more about the rules and seeing a new perspective. At the end of the day, everyone will have their reasons for considering becoming an umpire but if you’re thinking about it, just know that we would love to have you here at GLL. Registration will open soon on the GLL website under Umpires so stay tuned for that.
Who Can Become an Umpire?
To be an umpire, you must be at least 11 years old by August 31 of 2024. Prior experience in umpiring is an asset, especially for home plate. Instructions and training materials will be provided.
2025 Pay Rates
Game Assignment Process
The GLL umpire game assignment process uses email to communicate with umpires. Games are assigned on a weekly basis and the schedule for that week is sent out in advance. Once the schedule is sent out, umpires will reply with which games they are available to umpire. Based on this availability, I will aim to assign games in a fair manner that gives everyone a chance to umpire games that are well suited to their ability and development. These assignments will be communicated by email.
Umpire Training
There will be one in-person training session held at the beginning of the season in early May for new umpires (date, time, location TBA). All new umpires should attend this session and returning umpires are encouraged to attend. The session will not only cover the basics of umpiring; it will also provide practical training with feedback, rule explanations and a breakdown of what it’s like to umpire with GLL. There may be other training sessions held later depending on demand.
Scheduling
Based on last year’s schedule, games are expected to be typically occurring on the following days and fields for each level:
Protective Equipment
When umpiring with GLL, there is no need to go out and spend a lot of money buying yourself equipment. At every field, there is a box containing protective equipment for the home plate umpire. The only protective equipment that the umpire must provide for themselves is an athletic supporter (also known as a jock or jill).
Uniform and Other Equipment
Umpires are expected to maintain a professional appearance when umpiring as they are literally on the job, which entails adhering to a dress code. This dress code requires umpires to wear a dark polo shirt (provided by GLL), grey or dark pants, a black hat and running shoes. None of what was just mentioned has to be expensive. In fact, you may find that you already have many of these articles of clothing lying around your house.
There is only one piece of non-protective equipment that GLL requires umpires to have and it can be purchased cheaply (around $8) from many retailers such as Amazon, Baseball Town or Sportchek. It is the umpire indicator (also known as the clicker) and it is used to track the count of balls, strikes and outs, making it an essential tool for umpires.
Right now, there is a severe shortage of officials across all sports and GLL is certainly not exempt from that with a number of games going understaffed last year. Without umpires, baseball cannot be played to its full potential so to give our players and parents the best experience possible, we need more umpires.
Umpiring is a great way to be (or stay) involved with the game of baseball. It can help you develop life skills like decision-making, communication, dealing with pressure and handling responsibility among many others. For many (such as myself), it is a first job. This means it can offer you some money to spend, something to put on your resume, in addition to gaining life and job experience. For those who play baseball, it can deepen your understanding of the game through learning more about the rules and seeing a new perspective. At the end of the day, everyone will have their reasons for considering becoming an umpire but if you’re thinking about it, just know that we would love to have you here at GLL. Registration will open soon on the GLL website under Umpires so stay tuned for that.
Who Can Become an Umpire?
To be an umpire, you must be at least 11 years old by August 31 of 2024. Prior experience in umpiring is an asset, especially for home plate. Instructions and training materials will be provided.
2025 Pay Rates
| Level | Home Plate Umpire | Base Umpire |
| Minors | $30 | $25 |
| Majors | $35 | $30 |
| Junior | $45 | $40 |
| Senior | $50 | $45 |
Game Assignment Process
The GLL umpire game assignment process uses email to communicate with umpires. Games are assigned on a weekly basis and the schedule for that week is sent out in advance. Once the schedule is sent out, umpires will reply with which games they are available to umpire. Based on this availability, I will aim to assign games in a fair manner that gives everyone a chance to umpire games that are well suited to their ability and development. These assignments will be communicated by email.
Umpire Training
There will be one in-person training session held at the beginning of the season in early May for new umpires (date, time, location TBA). All new umpires should attend this session and returning umpires are encouraged to attend. The session will not only cover the basics of umpiring; it will also provide practical training with feedback, rule explanations and a breakdown of what it’s like to umpire with GLL. There may be other training sessions held later depending on demand.
Scheduling
Based on last year’s schedule, games are expected to be typically occurring on the following days and fields for each level:
| Level | Game Days | Fields |
| Minors | Tuesday Thursday |
Lansdowne 1 Lansdowne 2 Eastvale Park |
| Majors | Monday Wednesday |
Lansdowne 1 Lansdowne 2 Eastvale Park |
| Junior | Monday Wednesday Thursday |
Brewer Park Jasmine Park |
| Senior | Thursday | Brewer Park |
Protective Equipment
When umpiring with GLL, there is no need to go out and spend a lot of money buying yourself equipment. At every field, there is a box containing protective equipment for the home plate umpire. The only protective equipment that the umpire must provide for themselves is an athletic supporter (also known as a jock or jill).
Uniform and Other Equipment
Umpires are expected to maintain a professional appearance when umpiring as they are literally on the job, which entails adhering to a dress code. This dress code requires umpires to wear a dark polo shirt (provided by GLL), grey or dark pants, a black hat and running shoes. None of what was just mentioned has to be expensive. In fact, you may find that you already have many of these articles of clothing lying around your house.
There is only one piece of non-protective equipment that GLL requires umpires to have and it can be purchased cheaply (around $8) from many retailers such as Amazon, Baseball Town or Sportchek. It is the umpire indicator (also known as the clicker) and it is used to track the count of balls, strikes and outs, making it an essential tool for umpires.
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