Officiating.com
   
Officiating ID:
  
Password:
  
 
  User Sign In   
\
 
Search Officiating.com:
 

Official Forum
 Featured ArticlesNext Page >>
The Officiating.com Line-up
News Links
Officiating news updated daily
Game Notes
More about Officiating.com
On Deck
What's coming
to Officiating.com
Instant Replay
Articles you may
have missed

Ask the Experts
Questions for our writers
Spotlights
Your chance to shine
Hits and Errors
Your letters to us
Baseball
Interview: Duke Edsall — Part II
By Jeff Kearney
March 17th, 2010

Jeff continues his phone interview with NCAA D1 official, Duke Edsall.
Baseball
Magical Baseball Tour — Part I
By Carl Childress
March 17th, 2010

Every veteran umpire remembers those games where magic lifted its wonderful head. For many, those extraordinary games are bound up with the importance of the contest. I remember my first NCAA no-hitter; an amazing around-the-horn, 5-4-3 triple play; my only perfect game (high school: 21 up, 21 down); the New York City High School All Star Game in Yankee Stadium; the American Legion state championship game (behind the plate).

But there are also magic games that step to the beat of a different drummer. I umpired one on Monday, 3/15. Click the title to hear about it.

Rugby
Keeping Things Calm
Avoiding brawls on a rugby pitch
By Adam Powell
March 16th, 2010

In February, Adam Powell talked to us about how to make calls when we're umpiring softball. Today, he takes us onto the rugby diamond, ...uh, field, ...uh pitch. At Officiating.com  our contributors are truly Renaissance men and women.

Adam writes:

Perhaps more than officials in any other sport, rugby referees must make it their responsibility to maintain order. That's especially true on the pitch. Rugby is a violent sport at times, and tempers flare on a frequent basis. Being the only arbiter on the field, the rugby referee must be in complete command of the action. If not, he'll be in for a long day.
Baseball
Hands: They're Part of the Bat — Part I
What does the coach believe?
By Peter Osborne
March 16th, 2010

Virtually every umpire who has worked more than half a dozen games has heard a coach yell out of the dugout: "The hands are part of the bat!"  Why does a coach say that? What is the appropriate response?

Virtually all of the umpire blogs have the umpire responding in an inappropriate manner. To find out the correct response, see inside.

Baseball
Excerpt 50 More Ways to Ruin a Baseball Game
Signal a superfluous foul tip
By Carl Childress
March 15th, 2010

Working umpires will find the technique suggested in this piece interesting, maddening, amusing, and possibly educational.

Click the title to read this free article.

Because of its exceptional length, we're running just this one piece today. Tomorrow, ah, tomorrow is another day. Look for the usual daily double.

Next Page >>


Copyright © Officiating.com 1999-2010. All Rights Reserved.
The Officiating.com website is part of the RightSports Network