How to Be a Baseball Umpire : Making Close Calls as a Baseball Umpire

Umpires have to make a lot of close and difficult calls throughout a game. Learn how to make close calls as a baseball umpire in this free video on sports officiating.

Expert: Len Bari
Bio: Len Bari is a semi-pro bowler with a 216 average, and is the manager of Maric Lanes is Astoria, Queens NY.
Filmmaker: Buccola Richard

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[gtgarrett1]

wtf that wasnt a foul ball!!the ump called it foul its foul.

[washnton23]

You have alot to learn about being an umpire. I suggest you give up the clinic videos.

[BigBlueUmp]

wear your hat straight, get a real button up shirt from honigs, and wear the right color undershirt.

[wiggy81594]

@mbaldwin944 They do

[Engine1261]

This umpire needs to get a fitted hat, wear the fitted cap forward, zip up his shirt, not wear a green undershirt, and use the indicator in his left hand.

[panache101]

you need to wear a fitted hat the correct way and zip up your shirt

[JUSTnWES]

what umpire wears their hat backwards.....rule #1 - wear hat correctly!!!

[ThePapayaKing]

@SkateSolutions Yes, I can get my mask off with a six-stitch or eight-stitch hat (unless I'm wearing my Wilson "New View" mask, which only works with a ≤6-stitch). Look at MLB umpires (lots of pics on google). All of them wear at least six-stich hats and none of them ever wears them backwards. They even make four-stitch brim hats for umpires. Wearing your hat backwards makes you look like a slob, and umpires shouldn't look like slobs, especially if they're going to post on YouTube as "experts."

[mbaldwin944]

They make smaller brim hats for plate umpires because it looks terrible with a backwards hat

[earls78]

how is this a how to video for making close calls? it doesn't even go through anything?