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	Umpire (baseball) Encyclopedia Article @ Challenze.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		When three umpires are used, the second umpire is called the first base umpire and the third umpire is called the third base umpire, even though the various umpires may move to different positions on the field as the play demands.
		Amateur umpires are paid and thus might be considered professionals but the term "amateur" refers to the level of baseball officiated, not the status of the umpire (according to the Little League Baseball/Softball rule book, umpires should be volunteers and not be paid).
		Umpires are responsible for ensuring that all players, coaches, and fans conduct themselves in a sportsmanlike manner, and that the game's focus is on playing, rather than on personal matters or "bad blood" between opposing teams.
	www.challenze.com /encyclopedia/Umpire_(baseball) (2118 words)

	Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School, formerly the Al Somers Umpire School, was re-named in 1977.
		Harry Wendelstedt was trained by Al Somers and served as Chief Instructor at the Al Somers Umpire School for seventeen years.
		Wendelstedt is regarded by baseball people as on of the games most competent officials in history and has won world wide acclaim for his work in five World Series, five All Star Games and eleven Championship playoffs.
	www.umpireschool.com /intro.htm (258 words)

	All About Baseball: Umpire
		In most leagues, the UIC is the plate umpire, in higher levels or playoff tournaments where 3 or more officials are used, however, the UIC is not always the plate umpire.
		Umpires are responsible for ensuring that all players, coaches, and fans conduct themselves in a sportsmanlike manner, and that the game is played so that the focus is on playing, rather than on personal matters or "bad blood" between opposing teams.
		Umpires are eligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame for their careers, and eight umpires have been thus inducted:
	allbaseball.blogspot.com /2006/05/umpire.html (1747 words)

	Umpire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Umpire jerry lane: Third base umpire Jerry Lane ruled it a homer, prompting a lot of orchestrated jumping and arm waving of course was to influence the umpire's call.
		Harry wendelstedt umpire school: 2001 Graduate of the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School.
		Injured umpire: Umpire Jerry Layne left the hospital to be checked out by baseball's doctors on Sunday, a day after he was hit in the facemask by a pitch from Pedro Martinez.
	www.umpire-online.info (402 words)

	USATODAY.com - Making the call: Learning the ropes as a big league umpire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ortiz, 22, completed a five-week course this month at the Harry Wendelstedt School for Umpires in Daytona Beach, Fla. The school is one of two programs Major League Baseball uses to recruit those who call the game.
		The path to the majors is nearly identical for umpires and ballplayers.
		Umpires must stay in the game for 20 years to get their pension.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/2005-02-16-umpire-school_x.htm (630 words)

	WUA - Harry Wendelstedt Survives Life-Threatening Illness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Former Major League Umpire and umpire school owner Harry Wendelstedt, 65, was enjoying Thanksgiving with family members in West Palm Beach, Florida, last November when he was suddenly gripped by a frightening seizure.
		As Wendelstedt was rushed to an area hospital, a call was placed to his son, Major League umpire Hunter Wendelstedt, at his home in New Orleans.
		Harry underwent brain surgery on Friday, February 13, at Shands Hospital in Gainesville.
	www.worldumpires.com /news/052104Wendelstedt.htm (553 words)

	Minor League Baseball Umpires
		Umpires were then "sold" from league to league by word of mouth through the various league presidents.
		For example, monthly salaries for umpires in the Florida Rookie League (forerunner of the Gulf Coast League) ranged from $175 to $200 per month and umpires were given from $150 to $200 for expenses.
		Both were veteran AAA umpires, Fitzpatrick having worked in the American Association for seven years and Nelson having served as instructor at the Al Somers and Wendelstedt schools for nine years, six as chief instructor.
	www.stevetheump.com /minor_league_umpires.htm (2730 words)

	The Newtown Bee
		The NWL employs six two-man crews during the regular season, a six-man crew during the mid-season All-Star game, and six umpires for both the divisional playoffs (Kevin was on the field for the North Division playoffs between the Thunder Bay Border Cats and Duluth Huskies) and championship series.
		On top of that, most of the time the umpire rooms they were forced to change in were too small to be considered closets and stifling enough to serve as hot boxes on a prison farm somewhere.
		Umpire school runs six days a week, about 10 hours a day (about 300 total hours of training supervised by 11 major league-level instructors who are veterans of All Star games, playoffs and World Series games).
	www.newtownbee.com /Sports.asp?s=Sports-2006-08-31-10-43-50p1.htm (1091 words)

	Umpire (baseball) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although games were often officiated by a sole umpire in the formative years of the sport, from the turn of the 20th century onward officiating has been commonly divided among several umpires, who form the umpiring crew.
		Salary for an umpire might be complimentary food for volunteer Little League umpires, $35-$120 per game for varsity high school umpires, or up to more than $500,000 per year for the most skilled and experienced major league umpire.
		Unlike referees in football, an umpire's judgment call is final, unless the umpire making the call chooses to ask his partner(s) for help and then decides to reverse it after the discussion.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/umpire_baseball (537 words)

	CNN/SI - Baseball MLB - Minor league umpires work their way up - Monday August 02, 1999 07:00 PM
		Umpires in Class A make an average of $1,800 to $2,000 a month while the top minor league umps in Class AAA make $2,500 to $3,400, said Eric Krupa, administrator for the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based PBUC.
		Umpires have to drive hundreds of miles after a night game to be in a new city for a game the next afternoon, Reynolds said.
		Umpires are booed almost nightly by sometimes ruthless spectators.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/1999/08/02/minor_umps_ap (779 words)

	Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School Biography on DanceAge
		The Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School is one of two schools training umpires for professional baseball.
		The school is open to both males and females; indeed, the only female ever to work a Major League Baseball spring training game, Pam Postema, graduated from the school.
		At the end of the school, a certain number of prospects are chosen to go to another vetting school, this one run directly by the minor leagues, which makes final selections for who continues into the minors.
	music.musictnt.com /biography/sdmc_Harry_Wendelstedt_Umpire_School (271 words)

	BLUEforKids.com - Jon Merry
		In 2000, Jon attended the Harry Wendelstedt School for Umpires.
		After graduating from the Harry Wendelstedt School for Umpires, Jon was invited to attend The Professional Baseball Umpire Corp (PBUC) evaluation course.
		The Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School prepares umpires for placement in professional baseball.
	www.blueforkids.com /merry.htm (391 words)

	WUA - Their “Call” Came in the 2004 Season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Ramón Armendariz attended the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School in 1995; 2004 was his tenth season in professional baseball and his fourth full season in the Pacific Coast League.
		We arrived at The Ballpark in Arlington and met ‘Hoggy,’ the umpire's clubhouse attendant.
		He attended Harry Wendelstedt’s umpire school in 1997; 2004 was his eighth professional season and he has been in Triple-A for 2.5 years.
	www.worldumpires.com /features/033105NewUmps.htm (3372 words)

	Merry striking out toward the majors - gainesvilletimes.com
		Besides Wendelstedt's school, the Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring in Kissimmee, Fla., is the only other American school to teach the trade.
		A typical day at the five-week umpire school consists of studying the rulebook in the classroom and then heading into to the field to call games at local schools.
		Merry says that at the lower levels, umpires work in two-man crews, meaning that for the entire season, he is paired with the same umpire for the entire schedule of games, traveling together in one car.
	www.gainesvilletimes.com /news/stories/20051019/localsports/28209.shtml (1216 words)

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		MLB umpire Jerry Layne and former NL umpire Vic Voltaggio are the chief instructors along with a staff of current college and minor league umpires.
		Camp Director and Chief Instructor is Eddie Hickox, 1983 Graduate of the Harry Wendelstedt School for Umpires.
		Ed has instructed at the Wendelstedt School for the last 24 years and is currently working in major league baseball.
	www.umpires.org /Blanks/camps.htm (718 words)

	Nola.com's Printer-Friendly Page
		Ray III graduated from the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School in 1998 and serves as an instructor there.
		Then, when he was "about 17 or 18," veteran major-league umpire Harry Wendelstedt did a clinic for the Veterans Umpires.
		An entry-level umpire in a Rookie or lower Class A league earns $1,800 a month, but is paid just for the six months of the season.
	www.nola.com /printer/printer.ssf?/sportsstory/umpires05.html (1070 words)

	Haven Man's Dream to Be Realized \| theledger.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From the moment he first entered Harry Wendelstedt's Umpire School in 1977 on his way to earning a living as a professional baseball umpire, Winter Haven resident Jerry Layne thought about how great it would be to umpire a World Series.
		The selection of World Series umpires is based on merit, meaning Layne was judged to be one of the top six umpires in baseball this season.
		Umpires are not eligible to work the World Series in consecutive seasons.
	www.theledger.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051021/NEWS/510210389/1254 (589 words)

	An Umpire's Call-Up
		He had hoped that road might be as a player but after manning second base at Santa Monica High School and Santa Monica City College, the umpire knew his playing career wasn’t going to take him to Dodger Stadium.
		Schooling expenses and lack of knowledge played a role in his doubts, but once he received a brochure from the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School in 1995, Armendariz knew which path he wanted to travel.
		Armendariz took some good-natured kidding from his fellow umpires for all the attention he was receiving.
	www.attheyard.com /MinorLeagueFeatures/printer_600.shtml (1117 words)

	McFarland - Publisher of Reference and Scholarly Books
		Hall of Fame umpire Bill McGowan controlled the field of play as much with his personality as with the rulebook; his respected 30-year career, including 2,532 consecutive games, was among the longest in baseball history.
		Famous for his sense of humor, great dramatics, and wild gestures, he was known to turn a strike into a ball if he thought a player deserved a break, or to eject half a team if they annoyed him.
		This richly illustrated biography gives an intimate view of this talented umpire, from his birth in 1896 and long marriage to his death from diabetes in 1954.
	www.mcfarlandpub.com /book-2.php?isbn=0-7864-2136-3 (227 words)

	umpire school
		Umpire school information about the Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring...
		Prior experience is not required to attend the school, and the Academy...
		Information needed about umpire school can be found on these sites.
	www.gdlcards.com /baseball/umpire-school-.html (187 words)

	Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School work out a simple set of signals, so the proper umpire can always right a manifestly wrong decision Jump to MLB Sites MLB.com Angels Astros Athletics Blue Jays Braves...
		Third base umpire Jerry Lane ruled it a homer, prompting a lot of orchestrated jumping and arm waving of course was to influence the umpire's call.
		The umpires are ready to An umpire will be able to award an automatic strike or strikes, without the pitcher having harry wendelstedt umpire school harry wendelstedt umpire school
	www.umpire-online.info /articles/harry-wendelstedt-umpire-school.html (222 words)

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		Meriwether became interested in umpiring after reading a print ad for an umpire school and became an umpire for Major League Baseball in 1993 in the American League.
		Meriwether's accolades include the Chauncey DeVault Memorial Award from Harry Wendelstedt School for Umpires and he was inducted into the Martin Methodist Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
		Umpires for the 102nd World Series will be announced when assignments have been made.
	sitemason.martinmethodist.edu /newspub/cfjYxW?id=949 (357 words)

	Sports: Area umpire set for national debut
		"We, as umpires, are in the middle of the action watching all of their smiles." In 1997, Simpson began umpiring at the Southern Regional tournament and umpired games at this year's event.
		In January of 1999, Simpson improved his chances of being chosen by attending Harry Wendelstedt's umpire school.
		Twelve umpires are used at the Little League World Series, two from each region in the United States and one each from Europe, Latin America, the Far East and Canada.
	www.sptimes.com /News/082000/Sports/Area_umpire_set_for_n.shtml (609 words)

	Northwoods League Umpires
		Since the League's inaugural season in 1994, 35 of its former umpires have furthered their careers in affiliated professional baseball.
		The League recruits its umpires from the two umpire schools whose curriculums have been approved by the Professional Baseball Umpire Corps.
		The umpires ultimately chosen are usually among the top school graduates who were then selected to the pre-season, PBUC sponsored Umpire Evaluation Course.
	www.northwoodsleague.com /Umpires.asp (492 words)

	Umpire Training Conducted by Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Without bragging or manipulating numbers, you can rest assured that just as many, if not more, umpires affiliated with this program are working in the Major Leagues and in the minor league system as those from any other umpire training program in the world.
		Those students not advancing to the next step, the Professional Baseball Umpire Corporation Evaluation (PBUC) Course in March, return home with the tools and skills which will accelerate their advancement in the amateur ranks.
		Our staff is complemented by professional umpires who work in leagues ranging from the Majors to the entry-level Rookie leagues.
	www.umpireacademy.com.cob-web.org:8888 (691 words)

	Rochester Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Both are fresh from a five-week, $2,500 stint at the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School, one of the nation's two Major League Baseball-accredited umpiring programs.
		Annually, the school's top 25 members — out of anywhere from 100 to 250 attendees — graduate to the next level of umpiring.
		Wendelstedt, a Major League ump for 33 years, runs the early-January to mid-February program along with his son Hunter (an MLB ump) and numerous other other pro umpires.
	www.postbulletin.com /magazine/2003/07/honkers3.shtml (1340 words)

	Moment in Time - Nature Photography
		Known as The Old Guard, but officially titled, The Army's Ceremonial Unit and Escort for the President of the United States, he participated in many White House and Pentagon functions, funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery, and the constant, silent vigil kept at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
		Finishing near the top of his class, he entered professional baseball in the Minor Leagues, rising to AAA Baseball, and instructing at the school during the off season.
		Returning to school, Paul felt that he was once again blessed from above, for as one door was closed on his life, another was opened where he met his "lady in waiting" and the love of his life, photography.
	www.paulgb.com /bio.html (275 words)

	STLtoday.com - Printer friendly - Monday’s Tipsheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Finally, after another trip to the Wendelstedt school, he was hired to work in the rookie-level New York-Penn League.
		He begged for another chance to umpire and got it, albeit after heading back to umpire school and starting over at the Class A level again – at the age of 40.
		The next month, was hired as a replacement umpire when Major League Baseball accepted the resignation of 22 umpires during that ugly labor dispute.
	www.stltoday.com /blogs/sports-tipsheet/2005/10/mondays-tipsheet-6/print (1081 words)

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