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How to Be a Baseball Umpire : The "C" Position for Base Umpires

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Uploaded by on Aug 22, 2008

What is a field umpire's "C" position on a baseball field? Learn how to be a field 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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  • i think i saw a couple empty miller high lifes fall out of his ball bag

  • what if there is a man only on 3rd base ?? FAIL

  • This guy should never ever be allowed on a High School baseball field...EVER! He's a bush league, little league dirt fied wannabe who has no clue whatsoever.

  • Thanks for posting these videos.  VERY HELPFUL!

  • noob!

  • You would also be at "C" if there was just a runner at 3rd - not mentioned. It is also acceptable to be in either "B" or "C" with runner's at 1st and 3rd. Also, the base umpire is NEVER responsible to see if a runner touched 3rd - that is the plate umpire's responsibility in a 2-man system.

  • Technically some of these comments aren't people trying to sound better. They post to try to inform the viewer that most of what he says isn't accurate. There is a lot more to umpiring than what he says but that is understandable. Also it doesn't matter if it is pros or little league. Umpires should be trained correctly. You can always tell the difference if an umpire has been trained or just spends a lot of years doing it.

    His intentions are good but he needs more training.

  • As a Wendelstedt graduate i can tell you "someonica", you are absolutely correct. But just to elaborate, it's runners on 1st and 2nd, or runners on 1st, 2nd and 3rd with less than 2 outs.

  • He's laughable. I would be embarrassed to be associated with this guy.

    "Get as close to the base as possible," That's a sure-fire recipe for missing the play.

    Umpires can't watch everything, and so telling people to watch every baserunner touch every base is folly. There are more important things on the field to watch than all the touches. If you get them, great, but the base umpire's first responsibility is catch/no-catch, and then fair-foul.

    This guy is a joke. But he's not joking.

  • I agree its a rookie video but you can ALWAYS tell its a green ump wearing a bag on the bases. as far a the rest hes ok in this one. the I.F. rule signal can vary from crew to crew though

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