I want to announce that next Monday, Nov. 19, will be highly significant in the life of Officiating.com.

That's when we begin a six-part series on baseball camps. For that subject, we went out and collared the best: Scott Ehret, Director of Operations for Gerry Davis Sports.

At the same time we're running Part I (five in all) of an exclusive interview with Rick Roder, who helped write the umpire rules manual for the Brinkman umpire school. Known as the J/R now, its influence on professional and amateur umpires has been profound. Find out why in Jim's marvelous interview.

You can read more about this subject tomorrow at eumpire.com, whether you're a paid member or not. (grin)