Softball Game Intelligence: The Difference Maker in Umpiring

Notice their positioning, their body language and their mechanics. Be especially aware of what they do during timeouts or when the ball is dead. If a situation arises in which a rule must be applied, try to remember if the rule is the same as it is for the level you work. None of those techniques is likely to land you a spot in a beer commercial.

But you might find yourself working more games at a higher level and with better competition. One thing you have no control over is the rules knowledge of the fans and the coaches. Most of their rules knowledge comes from television. Exposure to college and the pro rules is more widespread. When a high school official is questioned and the rule interpretation is based upon a pro or college rule, all you can do is explain the high school rule and get on with the game. You have to get yourself thinking right. You have to train your brain. Those are the types of lessons officials only learn through experience, but now they are yours to discover in one easy-to-read resource.

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The Difference-Maker in Officiating. Referee magazine wants to publish your favorite war story from the officiating trenches.

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Type up your story in words or fewer and e-mail it to lastcall referee. In this story an umpire shares a story about the innocence that can still exist in youth sports. It was the third inning of a rather uneventful game. Up to the plate, or nearly to the batter's box, stepped a munchkin of a lad, about a head shorter than any of the other seven-or eight-year-olds in the league.

I said, "Step up to the plate, son. I called time, walked to the third-base coach and asked, "Do you have a smaller helmet that fits him, and can you please get him to stand in the batter's box? The coach replied, "No can do, blue. It's the smallest helmet we've got, and that's as close as Albert gets to the plate. Play resumed, with Albert his accustomed four feet from home plate.

The first pitch was right down the middle, and in my usual volume, loud enough for all infielders to hear, I bellowed my three syllable variation of "strike," that is: Albert immediately dropped his bat, turned to me and with hands on hips said, "Do you have to say it so loud? Get 'em next time, buddy. He never took the bat off his shoulder, and as he quietly retreated to the dugout, didn't look or wave to anybody in the stands. I couldn't help but notice that his shirt was so big, and his pants pulled up so high, that the word "Mortgage" of "Valleyview Mortgage" must have been tucked somewhere below his butt.

After a few more innings, Albert returned for his turn at bat.

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She also called many major league spring training games as well as the Hall of Fame game in between the Yankees and the Braves. Postema discusses the mindset behind making a proper call, the weeks of intensive training, ejecting problem players and managers, and the chaos mixed with the monotony of being on the road most of the year.

Throughout, Postema relates her encounters with major league stars when they were just up-and-comers in the minors. The philosopher Jacques Barzun thought that "whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.

As Larry Gerlach points out in The Men in Blue, these arbiters transform competitive chaos into organized sport. They make it possible to "play ball," but nobody loves them. Considering the abuse meted out by fans and players, why would any sane person want to be an umpire? Many reasons emerge in conversations with a dozen former major league arbiters. While nobody loves them, they love the game. Gerlach has elicited entertaining stories from these figures under fire--about their lonely travels, their dealings with umpire baiters, battles for unionization, breaking through the color line, and much more.

In this work, nineteen umps provide their unique insight on some of the most important and pivotal moments in baseball history. Everything You Need To Know Identifying and calling an illegal pitch is on tof the most challenging judgments a fast-pitch softball umpire has to make. This book will give you both the how and the why, straight from high school and college umpiring experts. Advance faster, command respect and improve your schedule with Game Intelligence. The Difference-Maker in Officiating. Referee magazine wants to publish your favorite war story from the officiating trenches.

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Type up your story in words or fewer and e-mail it to lastcall referee. In this story an umpire shares a story about the innocence that can still exist in youth sports. It was the third inning of a rather uneventful game. Up to the plate, or nearly to the batter's box, stepped a munchkin of a lad, about a head shorter than any of the other seven-or eight-year-olds in the league. I said, "Step up to the plate, son. I called time, walked to the third-base coach and asked, "Do you have a smaller helmet that fits him, and can you please get him to stand in the batter's box? The coach replied, "No can do, blue.

It's the smallest helmet we've got, and that's as close as Albert gets to the plate. Play resumed, with Albert his accustomed four feet from home plate. The first pitch was right down the middle, and in my usual volume, loud enough for all infielders to hear, I bellowed my three syllable variation of "strike," that is: Albert immediately dropped his bat, turned to me and with hands on hips said, "Do you have to say it so loud?



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Get 'em next time, buddy. He never took the bat off his shoulder, and as he quietly retreated to the dugout, didn't look or wave to anybody in the stands.

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I couldn't help but notice that his shirt was so big, and his pants pulled up so high, that the word "Mortgage" of "Valleyview Mortgage" must have been tucked somewhere below his butt. After a few more innings, Albert returned for his turn at bat. I called "time," knelt down to tie his shoe and whispered to him, "Step up to the plate and take a big bite out of that old apple. It won't bite you. He quizzically looked at me and literally inched closer to home, still not in the box, but it was an improvement. After the first pitch, I quietly stated, "That's a strike.

You gotta swing at those. On the next pitch, he actually swung. The ball hit his fingers and fell dead behind home plate. His helmet bobbled off and went rolling down the first-base line as both coaches rushed in. After enlightening one coach as to why it was a strike and not a hit by pitch, the game resumed: Albert quietly watching a third called strike from four-and-a-half feet away now. During Albert's last at bat, in the bottom of the last inning with two out, he walked, as did the following two batters. He was on third now, the winning run in a tied game.