My philosophy on umpiring a baseball game has evolved over the years since 1984. The reasons my philosophy has changed is because of the tremendous learning

What follows is my personal baseball umpiring philosophy and the thought behind it. I knew as a Little League baseball player that I would be

There have been many umpire quotes and other baseball quotes over the years. Umpires have their own thoughts about games, game situations, and what players,

In Umpire Quotes Two we explore more quotes from umpires. These quotes should help the baseball umpire understand the difficult task umpires contend with.  “The Umpire must be

In umpire quotes three we look at more umpire quotes and quotes from others. Many quotes over the years have been good and not so good about

 I had a play in an NCAA game. In one half of an inning an appeal was made at first that a player did not

 Denny and I worked an Adult League game in Hagerstown, MD. I worked the plate, he worked the bases. I lost a long foul ball

I worked an American Legion Game where the manager was ejected. He sat in the stands and I allowed it. He then started talking to

As a Varsity High School pitcher in my senior year, I started a game at Conrad H.S. in Newport, DE, May of 1968. We were

The York Colonial Tournament Story by Denny Rotz Umpires miss the dropping of the hands to the sides because it happens so quickly sometimes. The

The umpire crew in the George Brett pine tar incident did get it correct. Then they changed the rule. The following is taken from ESPN’s