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Umpmazza · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 05, 2012, 10:05am

I am wondering what kind of schooling in baseball do they have?...

Rich · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 05, 2012, 10:07am

The are honor graduates of the Lance Cokalinski School of Umpiring and Screen Door Repair.

briancurtin · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 05, 2012, 12:22pm

Wow, there's a name I haven't seen in years.

maven · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 05, 2012, 02:24pm

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The are honor graduates of the Lance Cokalinski School of Umpiring and Screen Door Repair.

Have they posted Lance's patented 13-umpire mechanics?

Rich · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Nov 05, 2012, 10:53pm

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Have they posted Lance's patented 13-umpire mechanics?

I thought it was 9-umpire mechanics. I remember his instructions on how to wear 3 ball bags as the base umpire, too.

maven · #6 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 06, 2012, 09:56am

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I thought it was 9-umpire mechanics. I remember his instructions on how to wear 3 ball bags as the base umpire, too.

I would not underestimate Lance: he might well have created BOTH.

The 13-umpire system uses one umpire for each defensive player for catch/no-catch, plus one at each base for safe/outs. The PU calls balls and strikes, while the umpire for F2 gets an angle for foul/foul tip.

That's my recollection, anyway. I'd like to see the system in print again to refresh my memory for the next time 6 extra crews show up at one of my games.

DG · #7 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 06, 2012, 09:28pm

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Originally Posted by maven

I would not underestimate Lance: he might well have created BOTH.

The 13-umpire system uses one umpire for each defensive player for catch/no-catch, plus one at each base for safe/outs. The PU calls balls and strikes, while the umpire for F2 gets an angle for foul/foul tip.

That's my recollection, anyway. I'd like to see the system in print again to refresh my memory for the next time 6 extra crews show up at one of my games.

Seems that one ump per player and one per base is superfluous, but maybe 10 ump system with a PU on both corners of the plate who confer after every pitch would get the pitches called correctly, by committee. Better yet, a 1 ump system should suffice, just pick out the best looking chick down the 1b or 3b lines and get a seat next to her and after every play or pitch ask, "what you think"?

refereeumpire76 · #8 (**permalink**) Tue Nov 06, 2012, 12:58am

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Originally Posted by Umpmazza

I am wondering what kind of schooling in baseball do they have?...

Just enough training to ump for a travel league. We're not claiming to be experts. We're just trying to get good people started in the profession.