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The Forgotten All Star Team
Many of you are now involved in state championship games at the high school level or in conference championships at the college level. If you are working those games involving the best teams from the … more →
Baseball Umpires' Learning Blog
The Forgotten All Star Team
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Steve Johnson wrote 1 year ago: Many of you are now involved in state championship games at the high school level or in conference c … more →
Teachable Moments--What rule situations have arisen this season?
Shawn Kimball wrote 1 year ago: Much of the writing over the past few weeks has taken place as sub-topics as people reply to a simil … more →
Does the run count?
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Shawn Kimball wrote 1 year ago: Jack Kroger replied to another section of the blog asking the following situation. I felt that this … more →
NASO-Referee Basketball Officials 07-08 Quiz
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Shawn Kimball wrote 1 year ago: See how well you can do on the attached NASO/Referee Magazine basketball officials 2007-08 quiz. Th … more →
Umpire Interference or Not?
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Shawn Kimball wrote 2 years ago: A close friend who used to take care of me during my Triple A series in Toledo saw the following pla … more →
Situation: Awarding Bases
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Shawn Kimball wrote 2 years ago: Game Situation NF Rules: No runners on base, 2-2 count on the batter, batter swings and misses, the … more →
No Call or Interference?
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Shawn Kimball wrote 2 years ago: Rob Curtis offered the following situation in a comment in another section of the blog. Thanks for s … more →
Sharing feedback with your peers
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Steve Johnson wrote 2 years ago: It is so easy to catch poor mechanics on your partner’s part, but not at all easy to detect yo … more →
Message Boards at ETeamz.com
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Shawn Kimball wrote 2 years ago: For those of you who like to really love to test your rules knowledge and continually be presented w … more →
Crazy Appeal Situation--Official Baseball Rules
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Shawn Kimball wrote 2 years ago: 2 outs, Runner 2 on 2nd base; Batter 1 singles. Runner 2 scores on a close plaly at the plate as the … more →
Resource for Pro Rules Situations
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Shawn Kimball wrote 2 years ago: Late last night I stumbled upon another umpire website that might be useful to some of our readers. … more →
The Almighty Rule 10-2-3-g
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Shawn Kimball wrote 2 years ago: In case any of you need to memorize the rule that allows the umpire-in-chief to make the decision on … more →
Unfair Correctable Error Situation--IAABO Basketball
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Shawn Kimball wrote 2 years ago: John Hamnett of MA IAABO Board 175 while serving as a coach discovered an unfair ruling that is unfo … more →
Posting Your Rules Questions
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Shawn Kimball wrote 2 years ago: It has been brought to my attention that it is not easy to post your own questions to the blog. A g … more →
Does the Violation Always Occur Before the Foul? (and more)
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Shawn Kimball wrote 2 years ago: During a couple pre-game locker room discussions, I have discovered that very often we assume that t … more →
Simultaneous vs. (False) Double Fouls
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Shawn Kimball wrote 2 years ago: Here are three situations to test your official rules knowledge related to simulataneous and false d … more →
Team Control Foul Sequence and Foul Situations
Shawn Kimball wrote 2 years ago: Peter Webb sent the following information to me as an attachment along with the “Official Inte … more →
Another Coach/Fan Misconception
Shawn Kimball wrote 2 years ago: All it takes is another day and a game or two (watching or officiating) to hear one more coach/fan c … more →
What do you do when...
Shawn Kimball wrote 3 years ago: This knotty problems category is a blog to share misunderstood rules or strange things that happen i … more →
