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Thursday, January 17, 2019

Retro Teachable - McClelland & Brett's Pine Tar Game

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Today's Retro Teachable  handles a sticky situation. The "pine tar" game was the confrontation heard around baseball: George...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Jorge Teran Repeats as Venezuelan Umpire of the Year

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For the second year in a row, Jorge Teran captured the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League's Gualberto Acosta Award for Umpire of ...
Monday, January 14, 2019

ABL Ejections - Stewart Howe (Bite-Aces x4)

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Saturday's Adelaide-Melbourne game in the Australian Baseball League produced four ejections of Bite and Aces personnel as HP Umpire S...
Friday, January 11, 2019

Plate Meeting Podcast Episode 8 - Jerry Crawford

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In this eighth episode of The Plate Meeting, a LF Umpire Podcast from CloseCallSports.com , we interview 35-year MLB veteran crew chief ...
Monday, January 7, 2019

Retro Teachable - Reversed Double-Triple Play

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Hi all, we have several Retro Teachable Moments lined up, but since we're releasing the Jerry Crawford podcast later this week, why not ...
Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Tmac's Teachable - Ump School Rules in the Real World

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This time of year, I always think back fondly of my time at umpire school and cherish the moments with the great people I met. Before we g...
Monday, December 31, 2018

ABL Ejection - Greg Howard (Luke Hughes)

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After setting an Australian Baseball League record by hitting two grand slams in one game against Geelong-Korea, Melbourne Aces DH Luke Hu...
Friday, December 28, 2018

The Top 20 Ejections of 2018 - A UEFL Year in Review

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As 2018 draws to a close, we revisit this past season of umpiring with a UEFL Year in Review and a look at The Top 20 Umpire Ejections o...
Thursday, December 20, 2018

Brawl - State of Venezuelan Winter League Coverage

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A huge bench-clearing brawl during Wednesday night's Venezuelan Winter League Leones del Caracas-Tiburones de La Guaira game reminds us ...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Plate Meeting Podcast 8 - Call for Q's - Jerry Crawford

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CloseCallSports.com announces its eighth Plate Meeting podcast episode with guest Jerry Crawford, a 35-year MLB umpire veteran with 4,...