WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Rapid City Little League umpire Dan Gettert had an extra busy schedule Saturday at the Little League World Series.

He was originally set to work the infield during the Friday night matchup between Hagerstown, Md., and Jeffersonville, Ind., but that contest was postponed by rain.

That meant he would work three games Saturday, including an afternoon game between Yona, Guam, and Emilia, Italy, before closing out the day with what was expected to be a tight contest between Mill Creek, Wash., and Lake Charles, La.

"That's no problem," he said of the workload. "I guess that's what I came here for."

Gettert said Saturday's late game would be a memorable night, his first working behind the plate at the World Series.

"It's probably going to be the biggest game I've ever done," he said.

Gettert, a Rapid City bricklayer, is one of 15 umpires from around the world selected to work the World Series. He arrived in Williamsport on Tuesday evening and immediately went to work preparing to officiate.

"I got to stand behind the plate and get that view. It's just a whole different feeling when you finally get down there. It's exciting," he said.

Gettert worked his first game Friday morning at Lamade Stadium, an International pool matchup between Coquivacoa Little League of Maracaibo, Venezuela, and White Rock South Surrey Little League of White Rock, British Columbia, Canada.

His first assignments were either in the outfield or working the baselines, and the games all went smoothly, from his point of view.

"I haven't had any mistakes in my coverage, no controversy," he said. 'Everything out in my area was pretty cut and dried."

He did make one slight gaffe during an appeal of a plate umpire's call on a batter's swing.

"I made my gesture too fast," he said. "I didn't wait for the one-thousand, two thousand count, so the TV cameras could turn to me."

Getting used to working televised games, in front of thousands of spectators, has been the biggest adjustment for him.

"They told us there's going to be 12 cameras at every game, so you know it's live. You make a mistake out here, somebody's going to see it, so there's a little more pressure," he said. "I'm just going to do like I always have, go and try to do my best and not make that mistake."

He admitted he would be nervous stepping behind the plate for the first time Saturday night.

"Until that first pitch crosses the plate, the butterflies are going to be going. Once that pitch goes across, I think then I'll be fine."

Of course, Gettert cannot work any game involving Rapid City's Canyon Lake, but he plans to keep a close eye on the local Little Leaguers.

"I'm going to watch every game and I hope it's more than three. I hope they make it to the semifinals," he said.