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Monday, January 18, 2021

Officiating on the Big Screen - Star Trek Umpire Analysis

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CloseCallSports.com  introduces our newest series for 2021, Officiating on the Big Screen , where we analyze portrayals of referees and umpi...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Teachable Tumpane's Toework During Pulled Foot Play

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Tmac's  first Teachable Moment  of 2021 visits 1B Umpire John Tumpane's pulled foot vs out call in Game 7 of the 2020 American Leag...
Wednesday, December 23, 2020

MLB Hires Jeremie Rehak to Full-Time Umpire Staff

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MLB has hired Wendelstedt Umpire School alum Jeremie Rehak to its full-time staff after three baseball seasons and 281 games of major league...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

Gary Cederstrom Named to North Dakota Hall of Fame

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One year removed from his Major League retirement, ex-MLB umpire Gary Cederstrom will be inducted into the North Dakota Officials Associati...
Saturday, December 5, 2020

Referee Attacked, Killed During Soccer Game in Kenya

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Nary hours after a high school football player charged at a referee in Texas, an elderly referee has been killed during a soccer game in Ken...
Thursday, December 3, 2020

COVID Criminal? Texas Football Player Attacks Referee

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Our series on abuse-of-officials continues in Texas, when Edinburg High School Football defensive end Emmanuel Duron became an alleged crimi...
Friday, November 27, 2020

2020 UEFL Rules Summit Results

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The 2020 Umpire Ejection Fantasy League Rules Summit is now complete with voting concluded in accordance with  UEFL Rule 8-3 . The 2020 Summ...
Monday, November 23, 2020

2020 UEFL Rules Summit Ballot and Voting

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The Umpire Ejection Fantasy League Rules Summit continues with our voting stage and the 2020 Rules Summit ballot. UEFL Rule 8-3 describes t...
Monday, November 16, 2020

2020 UEFL Rules Summit Discussion

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The Umpire Ejection Fantasy League announces its 2020 UEFL Rules Summit, setting forth a framework for discussing issues and proposed amendm...
Friday, November 13, 2020

Retired MLB Umpire Paul Schrieber Dies at 54

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Retired Major League umpire Paul Schrieber has passed away as reported by UmpsCare on Friday. After beginning his baseball career in the 19...