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Minor League Baseball Umpire Training Academy students receive 216 hours of instruction which is separated into three areas: classroom, field work, and plate work. Topics covered include effort and professionalism, base instruction, plate instruction and game and situation management.
Pamela Postema (born April 1954 in Willard, Ohio) [1] [2] is an American former baseball umpire. In 1988 she became the first female baseball umpire to officiate a Major League Baseball spring training game. For her unique contributions to the game, she was inducted into the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in 2000. [3]
An MLB umpiring crew meeting with the managers from each team before a 2017 game. In baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds, making judgment calls on plays, and handling disciplinary actions. [1]
A native of Santa Clara, California, Morales began umpiring Minor League Baseball games in 2009. [1] He made his debut in 2014 and was one of four umpires promoted to the full-time staff in February 2017, upon the retirements of Bob Davidson, John Hirschbeck, Jim Joyce, and Tim Welke.
Rackley also umpired the 2007 All-Star Futures Game, and is an instructor at the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School. [2] Rackley as a minor league umpire in 2006. He was hired to the full-time MLB staff prior to the 2014 season and worked his first postseason during the 2016 American League Wild Card Game. [3] [4]
Duston "Dusty" Eugene Dellinger (born April 4, 1973) is a former Major League Baseball umpire. He made his first Major League umpiring appearance on July 4, 2005, and his last on June 3, 2007. Currently, he serves as the Director of Minor League Baseball Umpire Development and the Minor League Baseball Umpire Training Academy. [1]
Ria Cortesio is an American former baseball umpire, working games at the Double A level. In 2007, she became the first woman since Pam Postema in 1989 to work a Major league exhibition game. The 2007 season was her ninth and final professional season and fifth at the Double A level.
Softball is a popular variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) permitted. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level.