by Bob | Feb 16, 2018 | Announcements, Psychology of Umpiring
The Psychology of Umpiring While a great deal of becoming a successful umpire and a good umpire is related directly to knowledge of rules, positioning, mechanics, and timing, too many umps do not understand the proper psychology they should use on the field....
by Bob | Feb 14, 2018 | Announcements
BELOW ARE THE BASEBALL BAT RULES FOR: CAL RIPKEN – BABE RUTH LEAGUES LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL NCAA NATIONAL FEDERATION of STATE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2018 BAT Rules with Changes Cal Ripken-Babe Ruth League, Inc. Latest Bat Rule Changes for...
by Bob | Feb 6, 2018 | Announcements
Pre-Requisites for Good Umpiring The umpire who performs his duties in a brisk, business-like manner upon his arrival at the field, who is courteous with players and coaches (without being overly friendly) prior to the game, whose calls are made promptly and...
by Bob | Feb 6, 2018 | Announcements
It is never too early to start thinking about the upcoming season. As a suggestion, take this time to work on one aspect of your umpiring to improve upon this year. This could be many different things for different people. It could be your strike zone, the way you...
by Bob | Jan 12, 2018 | Announcements
Baseball STRIKE ZONE Real, Imagined or METAPHYSICAL Metaphysical: difficult to understand highly abstract or abstruse of or to a reality beyond what is perceptible to the senses of or relating to things that are thought to exist but that cannot be seen WOW,...
by Bugsy | Apr 26, 2014 | Latest News
In this video my friend Al Kaplon (who works for MLB and is a former AAA/MLB umpire) discusses the “Transfer Rule” as they call it now and what we call the “transfer interpretation”. Now keep in mind, this is for Major League baseball purposes...
