Carl Childress

The latest edition of the BRD (2014) will be on sale this wqeek. Buy it at my website and get a 10% discount. My site It will also be available at Amazon.com. Buy it. If you don't like itk let me know. I'll give you your money back, and you can keep the booki. Get details about the book on my Home page online. Carl Childress BTW: It was a classic case of Type bv obstruction in Game 3 of the World Series. Middlebrooks made it easy when he raised both legs. Even without that, he was in the base path without the ball and not making a play. Since the runner made a legitimate attempt to reach the plate, he gets a one-base award.

Guys: I appreciate your kind words. My wife and I worked very hard on this book. It was her idea to price it low so that getting it would not be a burden. Let me share a thing or two about this publishing business. The Umpire's List of Lists is priced at $5.25. Of that price, I receive one buck USD - if the book is bought at Amazon.com. But if somebody goes to Barnes and Noble to buy the book, my royalty would be (proof available on request): "one nickle, five cents, the twentieth part of a dollar" as the carnival barkers in my youth said about the ":show inside the tent." Pay careful attention to the Afterword. It's guys like you that will help make the second edition even better. You can also post on my Blog. I've just recently expanded my website (www.carlsbrd.com), so the give-and-take isn't working yet. Thanks again. Papa C

Hey, everybody: I've just published a new book, The Umpire's List of Lists. Here's the Foreword that explains what it does: Unfortunately, I have lost the name of an umpire who last year emailed to say I needed to make lists of what umpires needed to do: for a game, for a season, for a career. His idea: There are training manuals, Power Point shows, magazine articles: all kinds of media to let an umpire know where he should stand, what he has to do; how and when to make a call. But as far as he knew, there wasn't a simple list of bullet points an umpire could read before he went to work. The Umpire's List of Lists is going to solve that problem. Think of it as the Cliff Notes of working baseball. I make it easy for you to review the material before you take the text. Here's an example. Every mechanics manual will explain that an umpire behind the plate should track the ball from the pitcher's hand all the way into the catcher's mitt. Not to do so means the umpire might fall victim to "tunnel vision." Moreover, failure to track the pitch to its end means the umpire may make up his mind too early. The pitch that looks so good at the cutout suddenly breaks, and the catcher must dive for the ball. That's covered in the List of Lists this way: (1) Track the pitch. (2) Don't call the pitch too soon. You want to know the steps involved in calling plays at first base? There's a list. What goes into an ejection report? I've got a list. What are effective techniques for controlling a game? The Umpire's List of Lists "lists" them. To paraphrase the guy on the TV ad: "You're gonna like the way you read." Check it out at my website. Get the book NOW for $5.25 at Amazon.com My standard guarantee for the last twenty years applies: Buy the book. If you don't like it, I'll refund your money and you can keep the book. __________________ Papa C

Premium Membership The Umpire-Empire Premium Membership is an excellent value and can easily pay for itself in the course of the year. Benefits include: 10% off purchases at Ump-Attire.com $150 off tuition at The Wendelstedt Umpire School 5 week program 10% off registration at The Wendelstedt School's local clinics $25 discount at Mid-American Umpire Clinic Get your copy of Carl Childress's Baseball Rules Differences for only $20.00! Just don't know how to get it for that price! WARREN HELP!!!! I thought you just added it on there as a joke?? No, it's not a joke. Join or renew a Premium Membership. Email me a copy of your receiptk, along with your snail mail address. Deposit $20 plus $4.50 (shipping/handling) to my PayPal account: carlchildress@officiating.com I'll send you your 2013 BRD as fast as I can.

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No, every NCAA rule change is in the book! Plus plays that Jim Paronto ok'd. We've been working together for years. I wouldn't dare go to press without the full NCAA and NAIA rule differences. Everything is there. I'm just prepared for any eventualities. Like last-minute FED revelations. Thanks.

Hey Guys and Gals: The new edition of THE BRD is now available at Amazon.com. It's on sale two months earlier than ever before. If changes come now, say from the Conference Commissioners Calls (NCAA) this spring, all will be updated, coordinated and integrated with the BRD, and downloadable for free at my website, www.carlsbrd.com The same goes for the 20 FED website plays that are posted in the middle of February. I am proud of this "essental" book, but never so much as this year's edition. I began work in August and spent countless hours revising the text for accuary and clarity. Every citation, every link, everything: It's the finest it's ever been. My usual guarantee: Buy the book. If you don't like it, I'll return your money, you can keep the book, and I'll send you a bonus CD. I'm that confident this is the greatest edition ever. The book is now 6" x 9", which is the industry standard. You can read many more details at my website. Enjoy, enjoy. And tell your umpire friends. . Click here to reach the proper site at Amazon. A note: I submitted the manuscript for review (388 pages plus full color cover) on Sunday morning. The review and putting it for sale on Amazon generally takes 5 to 7 days. This time, the review and sales departments got everything up and running in just 3 days. I suppose that/s a credit to our (umpires) support. Regardless: If you get it, I'd appreciate a review: good, bad, ho-hum. You can add your evaluation on the same page you get the book. My appreciation goes out to umpires all over the world. Your loyalty to this book has kept it going since 1981!

That beer was good even if I did have to pay for it and lunch. Ft. Worth is a nice town, though. I called my first game in 1954, but I "retired" from 1961 (matrried and teaching in college) to 1976. My records show I worked 4341 games, about two-thirds behind the plate,. Oklahoma v Oklahoma State: The San Diego Chicken - as he was called then - gave me his famous eye test. And In 1991, I worked the New York City High School All Star Game in "the old" Yankee Stadium. Actually, I think I entered that game `10 or 12 times in my list, but you know .... Thanks, John. I appreciate the kind words about the BRD.

After all these years, I’m launching my own website. It’s carlsbrd.com You’ll find everything you need to know about getting the BRD, other books by me, and DVDs. Standard mechanics tips. Rules problems solved 3 times a week. Post your pictures inside the Photo Gallery. Is the BRD (Baseball Rule Differences) an important book? In 2003, Referee Magazine named the BRD one of a baseball umpire’s “essential†books. Also that year, they named me as one of the 8 umpires Referee editors would most like to have a beer with. But therein lies a sad tale. I was a featured speaker at seven NASO conventions (St. Louis ‘86; San Francisco ‘87; San Antonio ‘89; Washington ‘90; New Orleans ‘91; Orlando ‘93; and San Diego ‘94). Barry Mano always booked my room near the elevators so convention staff members didn’t have to drag me too far. A heart arrhythmia prevents me from using alcohol these days. carlsbrd.com is up and running for business and pleasure. I have reviews of the BRD by Jay Miner of Referee; Richard Fronheiser, regular contributor to Officiating.com; Hunter Wendelstedt, whom you know since he's a sponsor of this website; Jim Paronto, the NCAA rules editor; and Scott Ehret of Gerry Davis Sports. I began offering a mimeographed paper listing the differences among “FED, COL, and PRO†in 1982. Scott sold the idea to Barry Mano, and the first “book-length,†published BRD appeared in time for the 1989 season. BTW: This year I replaced the "authoritative opinion" of Rick Roder with the official interpretations of Hunter and his staff. Three of my books (the BRD, Baseball Umpires Encyclopedia, and Calling All Umps!) are available at Amazon.com. Two other books and DVDs you purchase directly from me via PayPal. My standard guarantee applies to anything listed for sale at carlsbrd.com: Buy the book and look it over. If you don’t like it, send me the name of your PayPal account, and I’ll refund your money. You can keep the book. Or DVD. That goes as well for anything of mine you buy from Amazon. I’m not a rookie at building a website, but I’m not a professional webmaster either. If you see anything that doesn’t work or that looks / sounds stupid, email me. One final point: I believe you can help me raise the level of amateur umpiring if you share my URL with your umpire friends. Please send me website information where this announcement would be welcome. I’ll make a little money to replace my game fees – I retired on April 27 this year – and amateur umpires will find out about another site dedicated to helping them improve their craft. Everybody wins. Thanks for your interest and your help. Oh, Warren will have an announcement soon that will make everyone feel bette

I’m proud to announce the publication of the 28th edition of the “Baseball Rules Differences,†better known as the BRD. It will be listed for sale on Amazon.com by February 14th, 16th at the latest. The BRD is the only complete reference to all rule differences: National Federation, NCAA, NAIA, and Official Rules. Referee magazine called it one of the "40 essential books" for umpires. For those of you who may not be familiar with this project, here’s what the book looks like today. It’s standard book size, 5 ½ by 8 ½ inches. It contains 418 pages, 537 rule sections, 371 official interpretations, 58 authoritative opinions, 272 plays, 1335 cross-references, and nearly 2500 rule citations. There’s also an electronic version, but it’s available only if you purchase the bound copy. Cross-references are “hot†in the EBRD: Click on one and go immediately to the referenced spot. The famous Alphabetical Index now references the section number where a rule is discussed and the page number where you’ll find that section: incredibly convenient for research. Here’s my guarantee, unchanged since 2001: After you use it awhile, if you don’t think the book is worth what you paid for it, let me know. I’ll refund your money – and you can keep the book.