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  1. If it is not too much trouble, maybe you can post here a couple times a week during your time in FL. There is not a lot of info from the inside that I can find. I did read a blog written by a female ump from Australia (or NZ) during her term at JEAPU. Enjoyable for sure. Would love to hear about what you learn as an experienced umpire going through this school. What do you find hard to adjust to? What surprised you? What is the endurance factor? What is the balance of mechanincs/rules/game management? What does the typical student look like? (Young, fit, single? or Old, thick, trying to become single?) How many are typically selected for PBUC eval? Who is the best instructor? et cetera Looking forward to your view from the inside! Mike
  2. For everyone who had a hard time starting/completing this book - I recommend the Audible version read by Charlie Steiner. He does an outstanding job at narration. It felt like an old, experienced umpire talking to me about his career. Fascinating this way. LOVED the Evans Academy section. Also, helping me decide that I could never make that commitment, you know, because I like money. http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002V0M3UW&qid=1288624939&sr=1-1
  3. +1 for J/R I routinely get umpires trying to enforce FED rules in my LL games. I gently mention to them that there are 128 major differences between OBR and FED and he just tried to apply #xx which is rule x-x-x in FED and rule x.xx(a) in OBR; I get zero argument. (it's commonly one of 6 rules) (Yeah, I get confused coaches, too. But a confused coach is just fun. A confused official is an issue.) OBR is impossible to read unless you are citing a single rule. J/R is all about learning the rules properly. I think there are 7 scattered references to Runner's or BR's INT in OBR. Well, in J/R, they are all combined into one section. There is no way I could learn all the aspects of INT from an OBR rule book. I have thought seriously about wandering my neighborhood on Saturdays and knocking on doors to ask people if they have accepted Jaksa/Roder as their personal savior. :
  4. The sample syllabus has sold me. I am in for $99. Personally, I enjoy a class focussed on rules as mechanics clinics tend to get on my nerves a bit. Kinda like role-playing at work. Necessary evil.
  5. Figured I would post this here, rather than start a new thread. (Probably addressed before, but I can't find it in a search) LL Jr. (14U) Modified OBR. From the set. Pitcher lifts his leg to the balance point and STOPS, hangs for maybe 2 seconds, then steps toward home and pitches. From the set. Pitcher lifts his leg to the balance point and STOPS, hangs for maybe 2 seconds, then steps toward 1B and throws to 1B. Hot air from both dugouts and the nearest rulebook is in a team mom's minivan, 100 yards away. OM: "F1 stopped his pitching motion." DM: "F1 has not yet committed to home and can either step toward and throw to 1B OR step toward home and pitch. " Me: "shaddup, I will find out and get back to you. For now, no stopping" I am convinced F1 can go either way from this balance position. I am NOT convinced F1 can STOP, even though he has not committed to pitch. Lemme have it.
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