Casa Base: Postponed
Casa Base: Expectations … Pitch
An Umpire’s Perspective on a Batter’s Approach at the Plate
When I was younger I had a great eye for pitches thrown for balls & strikes. I almost never got called out on strikes, but over the last few seasons (not last year, but the prior four and over 20 years later) in my over 30 baseball league I have been called out on pitches thrown […]
How To Get To Know Your Plate Umpire Very Quickly!
If while pitching, you have the very good fortune to have a plate umpire who is calling strikes on pitches not in the strike zone, don’t feel any obligation whatsoever to throw strikes. If he is calling them high, why should you bring your pitches down? If he is calling them low, why should you […]
Baseball Umpiring In High School: How To Communicate With Your Partner!
For the many who have read my many articles on playing and coaching baseball, hopefully you believe that I have a pretty good understanding of how baseball should and should not be played. At least I hope you feel that way. Now that I have become a certified high school umpire, I have found that […]
Baseball Umpiring In High School: You Blew The Game Coach And Not Me!
I umpired an extremely competitive and closely fought high school baseball game a couple of days ago. My assignment was to be the field umpire and my partner was assigned to home plate. We had our pregame conference with both head coaches and they both seemed like terrific guys. We shake hands and we all […]
How to Umpire Youth Baseball
Long time youth baseball umpire talks about umpire mechanics.
Interview With An (female) Umpire, Part 2
Here is the second part of my interview with female umpire, Perry Lee Barber… 8. Who, if you can tell us, was/is the worst and was it because of their attitude in general or the fact that you’re a woman umpire? I always suspect that the “attitude in general” has more to do with any […]
