Umpire Training

[djkiley]

Anyone who is looking to get a job in minor league baseball should look into attending O.U.T.S. Run by Bob Bainter. The chief instructor is Brent Rice who is also the lead instructor at Wendelstedt. We have had the top returning student 6 years running. We place 27 umpires in the Northwoods league during the summer. That is the premier wood bat College league. Our camp is 10 days in Cocoa Beach, Fla. Registration is now open. You do not need to have attended a school. However, we prefer that you want to. Certainly,  will not preclude you from getting a placement. We will have many special guests. Reps from the App league, Northwoods, Atlantic league, Frontier league. More to come. Please visit our website.

http://www.oceansideumpiretraining.com/

[Bob Bainter]

Let me clarify:  We don't place anyone into organized professional baseball.  We do have some independent professional leagues attending this year, and we hire for college summer leagues.  Jim Evans is scheduled to attend, as well as Lee Landers, the President of the Appalachian League, to speak to our umpires, but we aren't hiring for MiLB, just in case there is any confusion...

Our "link" to professional baseball is that we've had 57-58 umpires advance to the MiLBUDC course (Old PBUC) course out of the 64 that have returned to umpire school in the past 6 years.