The Umpire's List of Lists

[Carl Childress]

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.

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Papa C

[JaxRolo]

Ordered Mine

[RichMSN]

It's eligible for Amazon Prime, so if you are a Prime member, you can have it in 2 days with free shipping.

[Umpire in Chief]

Thanks Carl!

[SnareDrum]

I'll have it Wednesday. Thanks!

[Carl Childress]

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

[JaxRolo]

Thanks Carl! And thank your wife for me!

[Pete Peterson Sr]

Carl, if we buy it from "Carl's Store", do you make more ? If so, that's what I would rather do.

[Quickstrike33]

Got mine today......Pretty good stuff.....I plan on sharing some "lists' with the guys in my association.....Thanks Carl !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JaxRolo]

Had mine a few days. Very good!

[sdix00]

Well this is embarrassing. 

 

I know exactly who recommended that Carl write this book. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Carl Childress <carl@>
Date: Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Subject: RE: Baseball Umpires Encyclopedia - eBook?
To: Stephen Dix <sdix.com>

. . . 

 

I appreciate the kind words.

 

When I start to work on your suggestions, I will certainly give you credit for "thinking them up."

 

Good job. I like them all, but I think an article on Moving Up from the Guys Who Don't Shave is a good idea: rec to high school.

 

And I think a small book is ready (in time for fall ball) "The Umpire's List of Lists." In 15 minutes or so, I'm going to register that title at Amazon.com.

 

Thanks.

 

Papa CV

From: Stephen Dix [mailto: 

Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 5:36 PM
To: Carl Childress

 

Subject: Re: Baseball Umpires Encyclopedia - eBook?

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Carl!

 

Subscription, loyalty discount, what ever you want to call it - It would be awesome if you could show a little love to the guys who buy everything.   Your stuff is so good, I can't afford to skip a year.

 

Honestly, I almost never use the hotlinks in the eBRD. I spend most of my time in the index and using PDF search in the eBRD.  If you could hotlink from the index, that would be valuable to me.  But linking within an eBUE, while useful, is certainly not critical to me. 

 

. . . 

 

I will write a 5-star review on Amazon in the next few days.   Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to help.  

 

 

 

PS -

I have a couple ideas for articles or small publications.   

"What every High School Umpire Needs to Know".

Helping the umpire move up/transition from Rec Ball to High School. 

 

"The Umpire's List of Lists"

Checklists for every situation

 

 

I have had to write up my own cheat sheets.

I would have paid for this stuff.

 

http://sn.im/umpirecheatsheets

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&key=0AogJmxcjL5audDhpVmlWSWVzcEZHZlFNUVkteWw0Snc&hl=en_US&gid=5

 

http://sn.im/umpirehs

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pgAiDBv0UszrzY1lfzzbKGi6FbT-3hcYq-c4cy0VGe0/edit?pli=1