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since no one responded, with googling the nchsaa and looking under supervisors it looks like you would be in the 'capital area'. go straight to the horses mouth. since i googled this person and found some articles on his career, it would seem that he would be able to help you or steer you in the right direction, based on whatever you want to know, since you would be coming from another state. he is in the nc hall of fame, so he probably has more contacts than he can count. https://www.nchsaa.org/regional-supervisors/

nice article - full ABS - the sooner the better for all levels of play https://sports.yahoo.com/article/gambling-scandals-could-press-mlb-130000988.html

starting with that plate meeting https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/sports/how-hard-can-umpiring-a-real-baseball-game-be/vi-AA1OHb2s

notice how mr jordan was i little more a pitchers umpire in the WS, versus his last plate job on Sept. 26. and why has this website link not been mentioned before on here https://bsky.app/profile/umpscorecard.bsky.sociall

yep. but in the old days without replay, the field umpire was required to go all the way out to the wall and inspect to make sure the ball was lodged and the outfielder was not deking/pull a fast one, on the call. players are taught to raise their hands if the ball lodges. if they go ahead and play the ball, that would indicate (by looks) the ball had not lodged because why would a player taught to raise their hands if it was lodged, make a play on the ball if it wasn't lodged. anyway. replay took care of this situation. even if the player made a play on a ball that they thought or were sure it was lodged, but worried the umpire might rule it was not lodged. damned if you do and damned if you don't possibly. some of the good things about replay review now. nice get/example there @johnnyg08

future HOF'er https://www.facebook.com/calvulcans/videos/base-former-california-outfielder-alan-porter-2000-is-the-home-plate-umpire-for-/1548799632787450/

ya liked that one, did you. well, everyon oops many here (umpire empire) talk about getting the best umpires to get the best results, so just thought i would propose a solution. and umps did work like that at one time. and treat it like a called infield fly that everyone lets drop. you dont have to go anywhere, but if you do you put yourself in jeopardy. and why do a lot want to bust on the pros. it is the level of play. lets have people on here show their 3-5 inch misses and goofy play with a video. where are they. and our scorecards. and that pitch review percentage of overturns for pitchers catchers and batters requests looks awful to me, not even 70%. and so why did everyone let this graph below fly, from 10-13 pass. what??? you get a pass, one off, based on the score (living with the angels).

dang--looked like a hitters umpire to me---13 strikes called balls versus 7 balls called strikes. I am use to seeing that the other way around. why is that all through the season. why not have a 2 to 1 favor of missed strikes called balls. why do umpires miss the other way usually. calling 13 balls strikes and 7 strikes balls. what's been going on for years and years. imagine this is the same at all levels. give the hitters a break. the pitchers already get an extra pitch before walking a batter. why do they need extra help. doesn't it take the ball being hit to have the maximum amount of action in a game. and just let the best umpire work all 7 games behind the plate every day just like Klem did. and if you want to be nice 2 best umpires working every other day. this would include the college world series.

PU stats from the divisional series from lowest to highest score--strictly total accuracy, not by most impactful, courtesy of ump scorecards. we know every single stinking pitch is impactful to start with for every game ever played, because it changes the whole dynamics of every single at bat, and therefor the dynamics of that game. From pitch one, any missed pitch totally ruins that game because of a, what if scenario, for every batter/pitcher, and either the pitcher or batter will be scarred for life. Do we even need analytics to tell us this, since the founding of baseball many many years ago. Should have made things even on the pitchers/batters to start with, ie 3 balls is a walk or 3 strikes is an out. Why give the pitcher 7 pitches to throw and get 3 strikes instead of 6 if you love seeing the batter hit the ball, and hitting the baseball is the toughest thing in all of sports (so it is written/they say). oh well. Just remember for next year, baseball did have the option of having all pitches called by ABS, rather than the challenge system and umpires agreed to this. So, if they want to belly ache, with the challenge system, go cry to management and commissioner who wants the challenge system, don't take it out on the umpires. Tell boone to get on the horn to the commissioner rather than umps (especially call up umpires), If he uses his challenges unwisely, or uses them up entirely and then wants to go argue later. I bet that phone in the dugout will go to commissioner's office 1-800-commissioner. of course it adds a little strategy on when to use the challenge system, just like there are other baseball strategies used as the game progresses. DS wegner---137/149---91.95-------WS---279/291--95.88 DS baker-----141/148----95.27------WS---189/202--93.56 DS porter-----219/228---96.05------WS---155/159--97.48 DS little-------162/168----96.43-----WS---162/170--95.29 DS johnson---141/146----96.58------WS---105/113--92.92 DS tumpane--148/152-----97.37-----WS---131/140--93.57 DS hamari----157/161------97.52-----WS---137/144--95.83

just in case you did not know a little after 3 from New York https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-umpires-for-the-2025-world-series-presented-by-capital-one-announced?msockid=1a97cbea85ee625b0460dd6484fe633a where is Tumpane man on this forum. know he is happy. it was worth the wait. if by chance their is a sweep going on in the process, guess who will have game 4. Yep, Mr. Tumpane. @834k3r might be Tumpane man.

last night at second. 1. if he just runs straight to the base no effort to avoid or peal off or slide (risking taking one in the face), no movement whatsoever, what 'would' MLB have for the call. 2. looks like he 'jumps up' in the air skyward, rather than raise hands up skyward, turns head and body and takes the hit to back of helmet. would all the levels, LL, MS, HS, HSjv, Collegiate, MiLB and any other leagues or travel ball have interference. what about scenario 1. what would all leagues have with just straight, no movements at all and risking hit to the face, as their call. 3. so without the vertical leap in the air would this be legal, with just a head turn.

soccer ref stops and gives lecture...scroll down to lecture https://brobible.com/sports/article/florida-soccer-referee-yell-at-parents-viral-video/ and at another soccer game not a good look https://www.9and10news.com/2025/10/15/traverse-city-soccer-game-video-captures-referee-player-altercation/

just a little play on words. when i saw MadMax, instantly thought of you and threw in the media hog part. of course this article was about the fake MadMax, not the real MadMax that we all know and love. now back to the mask pads section for the real MadMax.

@MadMax on the cover again. USA today. Max--you print media Hog you. https://www.mlb.com/

dang. you use to have all the latest MLBUM's. what happened to 22,23,24,25 and especially 26.

so when the ball goes up, just have the whole infield yell at each (like the walton family good night), i can't find/see it, i can't find/see it, while stumbling around, then when it drops, grab the ball and start a double play. acting school at its best other than jeters, it hit me, it hit me, hand fake out. i think the old days did it better and this would have been IFF and nobody would have argued. just the batter being called out and runners staying at their base (unless they wanted to gamble on the fielder not catching the ball), and you could use each players fielding abilities rather than the average, so you had to know your personnel. Ozzie Smith got a wider birth for ordinary effort versus the average player ordinary effort. what was ordinary for the Oz, would not have been ordinary for others and that was taken into account. and i believe what i just put above was not written in the book but that was how the old guy that went to the ump school explained it back then. you only had ordinary effort, there was nothing about of the average player at their level part. oh well the mlb response. and the supervisor in the article won a NASO award if i remember right from reading back in the day articles here and there. https://www.mlb.com/news/why-the-infield-fly-rule-was-not-called-for-cubs-brewers-in-nlds

at exactly what point are umpires suppose to wait and call verbally and point the infield fly rule, as learned at the umpire schools, since many of the instructors are MLB. is it suppose to be when the ball reaches the apex of its parabola, or shortly thereafter. or is it suppose to be called when the ball is at the halfway point of its apex going up or halfway on its descent. just where is that point for it to be called when it is called.

j08. i am with you on IFF, especially since baseball did not have the exception years ago. but, they put etc in your definition above, which means there could be other causes, so why does that eliminate the sun. it is their fault that that they put the etc clause rather than getting rid of etc just listing all the possibilities including the sun, or putting sun and wind and then the etc, and letting rain be the in the unlisted etc category. once again, no etc, just put all the ones in the definition, and then add to the rule when off the wall ones need to be added. or keep the etc as an escape 901c in the old days but add sun in with the wind and rain. if they dont want sun or lights in the etc, they should say so. what is and isn't. then add or subtract as needed.

no answer, but noticed it was also different on the DS. one league started with CC at third and the other league with CC in left field. W/C started all CC's at same position.

here's what the fans want. and you wonder why officials are being attacked and confronted more at the amateur player levels. the kids are watching and grow up learning from the adults and from the pros. win at all costs. sportsmanship is a dirty word and for losers in life, just like in real life. https://www.sportskeeda.com/baseball/news-garbage-better-mlb-hold-umpires-accountable-fans-rage-mlb-s-one-sided-punishment-jose-iglesias-xander-bogaerts

Tiger fans not happy with HBP in bottom of 12th. and Seattle fans not happy with 3-0 pitch called strike instead of ball 4 in bottom of 12th. controversy in games involving 2 of the best, 1 game LA, with Wegner and now 1 Seattle with Porter. doesn't matter if you are a veteran or new guy on the block when those controversial moments/plays/situations happen. no one is immune. https://www.mlb.com/video/victor-robles-hit-by-pitch-after-review?t=replay-review

one suspended and one fined https://www.mlb.com/padres/news/jose-iglesias-suspended-one-game-xander-bogaerts-fined?msockid=2502131e2e6d6b102d9b059f2f806a85

look at these four scorecards from he link below -- every single time i read an article it talks about the batters being hosed so bad and the umpires taking the bats out of their hands and batters are lucky to be batting over 200 with the umpires humongous strike zone. i may be reading the 4 charts wrong, but the umpires are squeezing the zone for the batter at a rate of 20-8. at that rate we should be getting tons of 300 hitters and a bunch of 7-5 games. are umps being reminded with 30 emails a day that it is preferable that if you do miss, as we all do,it is better to miss by calling a strike a ball, because fans don't come to see a pitching dual. are they told the pitch is a ball until it is a strike rather than a strike until it is a ball. are they told it is better to be a hitters ump than a pitchers ump. just trying to figure it out with what is written all the times about the umps so what is happening here? https://athlonsports.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/rare-walkoff-error-mlb-postseason

takeshi hirabayashi, not the actor, can probably get it done for you, if you can get him, and if he can and wants to.

guess the physics say throw home rather than 1st, rather than by runner distance to the base. of course the throw has to be on line to start with. or how many times do pitchers 'practice or real' throw to 1st base in their careers. how many times to home. oh well, let's see them blame the umpires. and wow. 3 fielding errors in the game total. https://www.mlb.com/gameday/phillies-vs-dodgers/2025/10/09/813042/final/video