My friend M, who is seriously one of the best gift givers I've ever met, got me the autobiography of Pam Postema as a Going to Umpire School present.(1) Postema, for those of you who are unfamiliar with her, is the female umpire who has gotten the closest to becoming a major league umpire. She …
We have message boards for umpire school, and we've been encouraged to go on the message boards and introduce ourselves. This is what I've learned so far(1): 1. Several of them are ex-military. This makes sense, I suppose. One of my close friends is a retired Marine, and I can see how she would choose …
Continue reading Adventures in Umpire School, Part 4: Fellow Students.
If you know me in Real Life, you know that I have A Thing for shoes. I love shoes, and I have a lot of them. Usually, my shoes tend toward the higher end of the heel range. I mean, I have flats and tennis shoes, of course, because sometimes you have to prioritize mobility …
Continue reading Adventures in Umpire School, part 3: The shoes.
I expected there'd be some hiccups in my attendance of umpire school. There usually are, when you do something that usually only men do. But I didn't expect the first hiccup to be in the application. See, one of the questions on the application is "what size uniform do you wear?" And the answers? Are …
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I started this blog to chronicle what happens when I go to umpire school in January, but I thought I might tell you a bit about why I'm going to umpire school. I'm definitely not going to become a major league umpire. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'd love to be a major league …
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