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South Lyon Junior League

Umpire Information

2023 Spring and Fall Umpires

Now recruiting new umpires for 2024!

The South Lyon Junior League baseball and softball umpires are managed by Chris Seubert,  [email protected].  If you're interested in umpiring in 2024, please email him for details.

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2024 General Umpire Information

Umpire Manual:

Our umpire manual reviews, in detail, many of the rules, interpretations, and procedures associated with umpiring baseball games.  This document will be updated regularly with new information.  Please take the time to review it, especially if you ever run into a rule or play you don't understand.  

Unless otherwise specified in the league rules, SLJL follows the NFHS baseball and softball rules.  The current version of these rules can be found below:

2020 NFHS Baseball rules
2020-2021 NFHS Softball Pre- and Post-game 
Umpire Bible website (Great resource for rules, mechanics, and game management)

2024 Umpire Assigning:

HorizonWebRef.com (HWR) will again be used as our central assigning hub for both baseball and softball umpires.  We are willing to work with some umpires outside of Horizon if you have trouble accessing your account.  Umpires will create an account, update availability, and be assigned games by league assignors through this site.  Some games may be self-assigned, especially the developmental divisions.  If you are new, once you apply and are approved for a position, I will email you instructions how to sign up with our association (#205840) in HWR.

2024 SLJL Specific Baseball and Softball Rules

The latest rules, requirements and regulations can be found on our Documents page.

2024 Umpire Scholarship

The South Lyon Junior League is proud to announce that starting the Summer of 2015 - and hopefully for years to come, we will be selecting 2 annual winners for our "Umpires Scholarship Award".  This $250 scholarship award will be given to one member of our Girls Umpire Crew and one member of our Boys Umpire Crew, who represents the SLJL and our community well at all times.

To qualify:

  1. Must be a current SLJL Baseball or Softball House Umpire
  2. Must have umpired for a minimum of 3 years
  3. Must be a graduating senior in high school
  4. Must live within the SLCS District
  5. Must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
  6. Must be attending some form of higher education in the Fall
  7. Must submit at least a 250 word essay or story telling what your SLJL Umpire Experience has meant to you
  8. List any community service you may have or are currently performing
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