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Contributing Umpires and Writers
I wish to thank each of these umpires and authors who have taken time to share their collective wisdom and knowledge with you. Each of us grows only as we share our experiences and communicate our thoughts and actions with others. You to can add your name here if you take the time to write an article or two for this web site.
- Thomas Anstett
- Living in Palm City, Florida affords Tom work with NY Mets & LA Dodgers spring training games-almost exclusively in backfields with A to AAA teams, but he has called games with the big boys. In addition to umpiring high school baseball he has been an umpire with the District 17 Little League for over 10 years and worked the Senior League World Series in 1995. Tom runs on-field clinics at Little League Southern Regional Headquarters in St. Petersburg, Florida. This is usually 3 weekends a year with about 200 umpires attending each weekend. He works almost exclusively on field mechanics for what they call umpire 2 level (advanced), on the 90' diamond.
- Bob Bainter
- Bob has been an umpire for since 1990 and has been a professional baseball umpire since 1995. In 1997 he was promoted to the Midwest League where he worked the playoffs and League Championship. Currently he is in the Florida State League. In the offseason he officiates basketball and football. Bob is interested in helping anyone in their umpiring careers.
- Joel Balberman
- Joel writes, " I live in Brantford, Ontario, Canada and have been umpiring since 1973. Worked baseball exclusively until 1980; introduced to fastpitch in 1980, and since 1985, have done fastpitch and slopitch exclusively. I have attended many provincial championship tournaments at all levels, both (male and female); officiated at two Canadian national tournaments - 1990, Junior ladies in Kamloops BC and 1995, Senior Men's in St. John's Newfoundland.." Joel was awarded ISF level 5 rating as a result of 1995 tournament and was appointed by Softball Canada to umpire at the ISF Vth World Junior Men's Championship held in St. John's, Newfoundland from July 20 to July 27, 1997.
- Erick Barkhuis
- Erick lives in Monnickendam, the Netherlands. He has been an international amateur umpire from 1977 to 1994. His hobbies include the Internet, walking, visiting major cities, squash. He started umpiring in 1977, umpired on an amateur international level as off 1987 and has worked European Tournaments and Championships. He also umpired the World Junior IBA Championships 1990 at Havana, Cuba and has conducted clinics all over Europe.. Erick stepped down from active umpiring in 1994 in order to be available for coaching and teaching new umpires in the Netherlands. Since 1996, he has been working as a commissioner for the European Baseball Federation during international tournaments. He is the webmaster for "Handling the Rhubarbs".
- Jim Booth
- Jim developed and maintains the first internet Baseball Rules page and was webmaster for the California District 3 Little League home page. (Be certain to check out the California umpire section for quizzes.) Jim's knowledge is extensive and he enjoys entering into the great "learning" debates umpires often venture into.
- Brian Cayen
- Brian is in his 15th year, the last five as Umpire-In-Chief in the Alta Vista / South Ottawa Little League. In August of 1995 he lead a group of 30 players and parents to the International Peace Games in The Hague, Holland. He is a graduate of the Wendlstedt Professional Umpire School.
- Dave Harris
- When I first started scanning for information on umpiring Dave had a site known "Home Plate" which was one of the early umpiring sites on the WWW. He writes, "I've been umpiring for around 15 years now at all levels, beginning as a volunteer, have been with several organizations, and ultimately joined my current group, Anne Arundel Umpires Association of central Maryland, so named for the county in which we do most of our games. I am an avid ump who usually does 110-140 games a season between late March and early September, so you see I'm a "full time" umpire. I officiate college, high school, American Legion, Pony, and all the other leagues in our area. I am also a member of our administrative board as well as a part time instructor in our yearly rookie school which runs between January and March." Eager to hear from any umpires around the cyber-ballpark.
- Neal Johnson
- Neal lives in Honolulu HI and has been umpiring for 7 years with Rainbow Umpires Hui. He works levels from high school, small college and semi-pro ball which in 1996 included the Hawaii State High School Baseball tournement, American Legion, NAIA, the Alaska League, and semi-pro ball (Oahu Baseball League). Neal has been in the US Navy for 13 years and works an average of 100 baseball games a year. He assists other associations in Hawaii with Umpire Clinics, primarily for new Little League Umpires.
- Brent McLaren
- After too many years as a terrible catcher he decided in 1990 to remain behind the plate and became an umpire. Brent is located in heritage Perth, Ontario where he teaches high school. He umpires for several leagues across Eastern Ontario and has umpired at numerous provincial and national championships in both softball and baseball. He can be reached by email at:
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- Doug Phillips
- Doug Phillips is a researcher, author and high school teacher at Smiths Falls District Collegiate Instituite.
- Richard Siegel
- Richard started umpiring casually, as many do, in 1990 when his oldest son was in an eight year old instructional league in NJ. He writes, "I started doing it seriously in 1993. I suppose you enter the "serious" phase when you first buy your own mask. He attended the umpire school offered by Little League, Inc. at their Eastern Regional Headquarters in Bristol, CT. He has always been a student of the game and the rules, and is an avid reader and writer of umpiring instructional material. Richard is also a member of NASO, the Hunterdon County Umpire's Association (NJSIAA High School Federation) and the National Babe Ruth Baseball Umpire's Association. Richard does 80-90 games per year, half of which are for Senior League and older levels. However, Richard says, "Youth League level (10-12 yrs) will always be my favorite. The kids and managers at that level get good umpires so seldom, I know that the presence of a knowledgeable and skilled official makes the game a bit more meaningful to them."
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