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.
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 …
Continue reading Adventures in Umpire School, part 1: The Clothes
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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