Carl Anderson

Special - Presented by Bob Lapinsky

Carl “Grumpy” Anderson has been involved in USSSA softball for 21 years. 

In his tenure Carl has served multiple times as Assistant 1st Umpire in Chief (UIC); Umpire Training Assistant (5+ years); Grievance/Quality Assurance Board (5+ years) and Umpire Evaluation committee. 

His impressive involvement in tournaments includes approximately 42 State Championships; 38 NIT’s; 13 Northeast Regional’s and 7 World Series.
In addition to local tournaments, Carl has participated in tournaments in NH, CT, NJ, VA, PA, FL and Flag City, GA. 

Carl also participates off the field by helping with fund raising for the NE USSSA Hall of Fame and has had involvement with the Special Olympics for 3 years. 

When asked to list the most exciting or amusing event in his career while participating in the USSSA program, Carl lists the following:
1) Special Olympics for 3 years.
2) Being involved in all the State-Regional-NIT’s and especially doing two World Series tournaments. The Men’s D and Men’s E.
3) According to Bob Lapinsky I have had at least 3 farewell tours too many. 

In Carl’s closing remarks he states:
“To me, Special Olympics and USSSA’s involvement is great. The association needs to be more involved with these types of events. The feeling that you get as you do those games is wonderful. I plan, even after my retirement, to be associated on and off the field with Special Olympics. Every new umpire should be involved to see what true sportsmanship and the game of softball is all about.” -Carl​