Level 1 & 2 Clinics

Is that Spring in the air?

The Level 1 & 2 Clinics are now scheduled for Saturday, April 21st at Sherwood High School in Hamilton. Directions can be found at the link.

The Clinics will run all day from 9:00am to 4:00pm with the doors open for registration at 8:30am. Please arrive promptly to avoid the long lines to register; as every year we have more and more umpire’s from around the region.

The costs for the clinics are as follows, and a lunch is offered as usual.
Level 1: $25/umpire
Level 2: $45/umpire
Lunch offer: $5 for a Sub & a drink

Registration is now available on the Baseball Ontario website under the Umpires section. There is a direct link to the Baseball Ontario website found on the HBUA homepage under Quick Links, alongside other links that you may find useful.

Hello 2012

Hi All,

We hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas season and a safe New Year’s eve. All the best for 2012, on and off the diamond!

Baseball is starting to ramp back up as we are in talks to renew our contract, setting the stage for our umpire clinics in April, and our new HBUA executive committee are brainstorming multiple ideas that will help our association in 2012 and beyond.

Feel free to share your winter experiences with everyone through our Facebook page or our Twitter account.

Take care in the cold and we will see you again in a few weeks!

Labour Day Weekend Tournament

*UPDATE – THE SCHEDULE IS NOW POSTED UNDER LABOUR DAY TOURNAMENT*

Hi Everyone,

The season is slowly coming to an end which must mean our annual Labour Day Weekend Tournament can’t be far behind!

We have 11 teams this year for the Minor Midget AAA Championships. Details and directions for teams, sponsors, umpires and players can be found under the heading Labour Day Tournament and by clicking on the page “Minor Midget AAA Championship”.

As most of you know this is our annual HBUA fundraiser. All umpires supply their services for free for the entire weekend.

It would be great for each and everyone of the HBUA to step up and help out at some point over the weekend. As an executive we sat down very early in the spring to go over details for our tournament. All round robin games will have 2-man umpiring crews, we will go with 3-man crews for the semi’s and championship games. We will also require umpire’s to keep score and pitch count.

We are looking forward to seeing some great baseball and having alot of fun!

Once again thanks in advance, there will be more to come over the next little while.

Bill

MLB Umpires: Under Fire

Here is a short blog from Shi Davidi on the Sportsnet website regarding the recent problems the Jays and other MLB teams have had with umpires. It appears that respect is being lost for the men in blue and John Farrell wants the umpires to be accountable for the judgment calls they make.

What do you think? Should MLB umpires need to respond to media questions?

Feel free to discuss over our HBUA twitter feed or on our Facebook page …

LINK