In this week's podcast we'll be talking to John White of Umpire Placement Course just before his visit down to Florida. He'll be working with students out of both professional umpire schools for placement in the West Coast League, among others,
Confederation of European Baseball Umpire Thomas Haywood is THE guy whom Luke and Brian have to thank for the opportunity to umpire in places like Austria, England, Taiwan, and coming up in August of 2019, Xi'an, China!In this conversation wit
This week we'll reach into the way-back machine all the way to Luke and Brian's first big trip together in 2011, the Venezuela Winter League. Today we're joined by our good friend and 16-yr Crew Chief en La Liga, Arbitro (Umpire) Jairo Martinez
"In two-thousand seventeen, a crack-commando umpire crew traveled the world umpiring baseball, and never once forgot to bring the drone."These men have survived questionable Airbnb's, White Cliffs, and rubber baseballs, from Taipei to the Lond
03:30 - Branch Rickey's options following high school and ending up at Ohio Wesleyan, the same as his father, grandfather and multiple family members.06:24 - The year Branch Rickey, Sr was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and a brief e
03:39 - Triple-A Pacific Coast League President, Mr. Branch Rickey.06:12 - How nostalgia evokes emotions in us from the relationships created over the course of a career. "The bonds that reach across the decades." -B.R.09:09 - Branch's start
Aspiring Minor League Umpires David Simonds and Tyler Wall chat with MLB Crew Chief Ted Barrett and yours truly about their upcoming month at the Minor League Baseball Umpire Training Academy in Vero Beach, FL.Back in Episode 001 of Officiall
Triple-A Pacific Coast League President Branch Rickey tells a story of his Grandfather, COACH Branch Rickey, arguing with a hotel clerk in 1903 about allowing his black player to register for a room.