Winter Umpiring Camps

Are you looking for some kind of umpire camp this winter. Well, I have looked on the internet and I have found two camps of interest. One is in Michigan and one in Atlanta. If you are interested in looking into these camps, here are the links to them:

http://www.semuc.com/ - Southeast Michigan Umpire Camp

http://www.baseballumpirecamps.com/ - Southern Umpire Camp

I think camps are very important to go and better develop your mechanics. I plan to go to one of these if my work schedule works out. Just thought I would let you know about these camps.

Good Call? Bad Call? You decide!

Last night in the Rockies - D-Backs NLCS, there was a controversial call involving umpire Larry Vanover and a slide into second base. Click on this link to look at the play yourself: http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?&brand=null&videoId=3059832&n8pe6c=1

You will see the play and hear the opinions of both managers and you will be able to make the descision for yourself.

For what it is worth, from what I could see, it was a legal slide until Justin Upton bounced up and lunged at the Shortstop with his elbow. Upton (in my judgement) is out for interference and because to that the batter-runner is out at first also. It's a double play.

Major League Playoffs Begin!

It is playoff time! One of the greatest times of the year for baseball junkies. For amateur umpires, it is a great time to watch the best umpires in the world work the best baseball in the world. Both the players and the umpires should be at the top of their games. For the umpires, these will be all veteran "all-star" six man crews. I still think it would be the coolest thing to umpire Major League Post Season games. If you want to check out who's umpiring the Divisional Series click on this link:


http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2007/2007_DS_umpires.pdf