Download or read book Smart Baseball Umpiring written by George Demetriou and published by Referee Enterprises. This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Play Smart Baseball written by Leighton L. Smith and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Play Smart Baseball By: Leighton L. Smith How to Play Smart Baseball is a user-friendly guide to playing baseball that anyone can use. It gives practical suggestions on how to play baseball better, including ideas and tactics for managers, coaches and players of all positions. Using real-life examples from throughout the history of the sport, How to Play Smart Baseball advocates a smarter, more engaging way to play the game while memorizing some of the best players and plays of all time. Amateur of professional, all readers can use this book as a companion to enhance their experience in watching, discussing, or playing the game.
Download or read book Planet of the Umps written by Ken Kaiser and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-04-19 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this hysterical autobiography, Major League Baseball umpire Ken Kaiser brings to life his twenty-five years on the baseball diamond.
Download or read book Smart Baseball written by Buddy Bell and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-02-21 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What goes on in a baseball player's mind is critical to the outcome of the game. Since most major leaguers are in peak physical condition, the difference between success and failure on the field often depends on a player's mental approach. Looking at everything from a player's confidence to his leadership skills, instincts, and hunches, Smart Baseball uses entertaining anecdotes to get inside the mind of baseball's greats and show fans what goes through a player's head when he steps onto the field. Smart Baseball presents the knowledge and accumulated experience of one of the few three-generation baseball families---the Bells. In addition, this book is full of insights from more than one hundred of Major League Baseball's greatest players---from Willie Mays to Barry Bonds to Ferguson Jenkins. A fascinating and informative look at what goes on in the psyche of professional baseball players as they play the game, Smart Baseball is a unique chance for baseball fans to see what it takes for ballplayers to succeed at the Major League level.
Download or read book A Fan s Guide to Umpiring written by David Workman and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's an annual rite of passage. Every spring, baseball players of all ages launch a new season full of hits, runs, errors, and lots of life lessons playing the game they love. They hustle, they throw, they bust their tails to win. But what about the guys who call the games? Who are the umpires? Where do they come from? And why on Earth would anyone want to become one?Veteran umpire David Workman takes you through the story of the guys behind the masks, into the little known world of the men in blue - not the Major League guys, but the ones who work your son's games.In this unique exposé, you'll discover:* Who becomes an umpire and why* What it takes to get started and move up* Weird rules that even the best umpires get wrong* Why certain rules are different between high school, college, and pro* Baseball myths you thought were true but aren't* What umpires and coaches really talk about during arguments* Why umpires hate ejections* Funny stories and anecdotes from years behind the plate...and more!So pull up a chair because it's...Reader Up!
Download or read book You re the Umpire written by Wayne Stewart and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2010-04-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You're the umpire" tests your knowledge about the rules of Major League Baseball.
Download or read book Smart Baseball written by Buddy Bell and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and informative look at what goes on in the psyche of professional baseball players as they play the game, Smart Baseball is a unique chance for baseball fans to see what it takes for ballplayers to succeed at the Major League level. What goes on in a baseball player's mind is critical to the outcome of the game. Since most major leaguers are in peak physical condition, the difference between success and failure on the field often depends on a player's mental approach. Looking at everything from a player's confidence to his leadership skills, instincts, and hunches, Smart Baseball uses entertaining anecdotes to get inside the mind of baseball's greats and show fans what goes through a player's head when he steps onto the field. Smart Baseball presents the knowledge and accumulated experience of one of the few three-generation baseball families--the Bells. In addition, this book is full of insights from more than one hundred of Major League Baseball's greatest players--from Willie Mays to Barry Bonds to Ferguson Jenkins.
Download or read book Umpiring Baseball written by Jay Baum and published by NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company. This book was released on 1979 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a complete guide to the rules and regulations of baseball and shows the aspiring umpire how to make correct calls and deal with difficult situations involving players and fans.
Download or read book Baseball Umpires Manual written by Texas Association Of Sports Officials and published by . This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written BY Umpires...FOR Umpires. This is the definitive book for baseball umpires at the High School level and below. A complete manual covering Umpire Mechanics for 2, 3, and 4 umpires with illustrations and explanations for virtually every play and runner configuration.
Download or read book Umpire s Manual written by West Australian Baseball Umpires Association and published by . This book was released on 199? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book So You Think You Know Baseball A Fan s Guide to the Official Rules written by Peter E. Meltzer and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines rules in baseball, illustrating each with actual plays from historical and contemporary games to understand the mechanics of a play or how it should be scored.
Download or read book Teenage Baseball Umpire written by Rich Dossan and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised for 2018! Why settle for flipping burgers for minimum wage when you can put your knowledge and love of baseball to work? Make more money than most of your teenager friends and work half the hours starting as young as age 15! Rich Dossan is a 19-year-old paying his own way through college from money he's received over the past four years of umpiring youth baseball games. In this guide, he provides everything you'll need to find, apply for, get started and succeed as a teenage youth baseball umpire. DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF BASEBALL UMPIRES? It's true! And, that means almost any teenager can get a youth baseball umpiring job in any part of the U.S. if you know the right steps. Now Any Teenager Can Get Started as a Baseball Umpire and Never Have to Work a Minimum-Wage Job! SPECIFICALLY, WITH THIS GUIDE YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO: Find, apply for, and get hired to umpire games in your area. Understand all aspects of umpiring that your employer may not take the time to teach you. Pick your game schedule and days off whenever you want them. Manage your first game and overcome nervousness. Deal with coaches and parents so they don't take advantage of you. Get more game opportunities than other umpires. Make even more money umpiring baseball tournaments. Get hired even if you rode the bench as a little league player. Buy only the equipment you'll need to get started (for cheap!) Understand confusing game rules. Start a game, including what to say to coaches at the beginning. Get used to hearing your own voice so you are confident when making calls. Be patient with yourself, coaches, parents, and players. Look like you've umpired before even in your first game. Handle hostile coaches without going overboard. Avoid common mistakes made by beginning umpires. Work with other umpires you're assigned to without letting them take advantage of you. Stay in control of the game when things get out of hand. Gain a good reputation as a quality and reliable umpire and have higher paying umpire jobs come to you! Advance to competitive and tournament baseball umpiring for bigger paychecks! If you love baseball & the outdoors, are a teenager who has never umpired before, or have recently started umpiring but have received little or no training from your employer, make sure to read Teenage Baseball Umpire: How to Make Great Part-Time Money and Have Fun at Your Job Too before accepting that part-time job washing dishes or bagging groceries. Umpiring youth baseball may be the perfect summer job, weekend or even year-round money source for you!
Download or read book Standing the Gaff written by Harry Johnson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry "Steamboat" Johnson brought to early baseball great integrity and a pugnacious style. Toughness?being able to "stand the gaff"?was essential during his long career afs an umpire. From 1909 to 1935 Johnson umpired in exhibition games andøminor leagues (except for the 1914 season in the National League) from Los Angeles to Toronto. When fans screamed "Kill the umpire!" he responded he'd rather die on a baseball field than anywhere else. With disarming directness and humor, Steamboat Johnson tells what it was like umpiring for various leagues (the wild Western was nicknamed "101 Ranch"), being on the road (lonely because umpires could not fraternize with players), and getting into all sorts of jams (he once took on Ty Cobb in a 1922 exhibition game between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals). "Standing the gaff" meant surviving the wrath of players?and of fans, who hurled insults and pop bottles. After a game, Steamboat would be escorted to his hotel by the police. Johnson instructs would-be umpires, answers questions from fans, and names the best players he ever saw. Until now, Standing the Gaff, originally published in 1935, has been hard to find. This Bison Book edition makes it available to buffs and social historians and those curious about baseball in its rowdy adolescence. In a new introduction, Larry R. Gerlach tells more about Steamboat's life.
Download or read book You ve Got to Have Balls to Make it in this League written by Pam Postema and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In You?ve Got to Have Balls to Make It in This League Pam Postema reveals with frank language and uncompromising candor what it was like being an umpire in professional baseball. For thirteen seasons, from 1977 until her unconditional release in 1989, Postema umpired more than two thousand baseball games, making national news as she worked in various minor leagues as high as level AAA?one step below the majors. She also called many major league spring training games as well as the Hall of Fame game in 1988 between the Yankees and the Braves. ø Postema?s story is one of grit and determination to succeed in a profession dominated by men, but it is also an intimate look at umpiring. Postema discusses the mindset behind making a proper call, the weeks of intensive training, ejecting problem players and managers, and the chaos mixed with the monotony of being on the road most of the year. Throughout, Postema relates her encounters with major league stars when they were just up-and-comers in the minors.
Download or read book Call it Right written by Morris A. Shirts and published by Sterling Publishing (NY). This book was released on 1977 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides advice on umpiring in the Little League, with information on standards of dress and behavior, signals, positioning, division of responsibility, rules, and dangerous situations.
Download or read book The Story of Angel Hernandez Baseball s Most Controversial Umpire written by Tony Smart K and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-06-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Story of Angel Hernandez, Baseball's Most Controversial Umpire" Meet Angel Hernandez, the umpire who has been at the center of some of the most iconic moments in baseball history. From his humble beginnings in Havana, Cuba, to his rise to prominence in the major leagues, Hernandez's story is one of passion, perseverance, and controversy. With a career spanning over three decades, Hernandez has called thousands of games, including multiple World Series and All-Star Games. But his journey has not been without its challenges. He has faced criticism and controversy, from disputed calls to racial discrimination lawsuits. Yet, through it all, Hernandez has remained committed to his craft, earning the respect of players, coaches, and fans alike. In this gripping biography, Hernandez shares his story, from his early days in the minor leagues to his rise to the top of the umpiring world. He reveals the highs and lows of his career, including the controversies that have surrounded him, and the lessons he has learned along the way. With its unique blend of sports, drama, and inspiration, "This Umpire's Journey" is a must-read for anyone who loves baseball, or anyone who has ever dreamed of achieving greatness against the odds. So, join Hernandez on his journey, and discover the true story of a man who has left an indelible mark on the game of baseball.
Download or read book Rules for Umps Baseball written by Jeffrey Stem and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-15 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are working NFHS or NCAA games, and especially if you are working both, Rules for Umps: Baseball 2002 is your ultimate resource for all the high school and college rule changes for the upcoming season. More than 88-pages jam-packed with all the essential information for your 2002 season PLUS caseplays, rulings and nterpretations! Chapters in Rules for Umps: Baseball 2002 cover: - NFHS rule changes on appeals, illegal bats, casts, splints and braces and the 10-run rule - NFHS points of emphasis including dugout decorum, pregame conferences, substitutions and inspecting equipment - NCAA rule changes on catch definitions, a stricter balk rule, a new obstruction rule and a revised interference rule - NCAA points of emphasis covering the strike zone, tobacco prohibition, batter's box violations and designated hitters - A flashback look at the 2001 NFHS and NCAA rule changes, as well as coverage of rules regarding baserunners, the infield fly and the designated hitter. Rules for Umps: Baseball 2002 is your primary resource for use throughout your season.
