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Congratulations
to the following umpires who were made active at the September Annual
Meeting: John Leadbeater, Ed Abdallah, Dave Camadine,
Terry Raymond, Dave Fehrman, and Mike
Huston. Also at the Annual
Meeting, Wayne Scot was given the Rookie of the Year award.
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If you are umpiring any ASA tournaments you should periodically check for rules clarifications. They post these about every other
month. Go to www.softball.org
and click on the “Umpires” tab and scroll down to “Rule Clarifications
and Plays”. There is a lot of good
stuff there.
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American
Legion umpires: The only composite bats
that are allowed are those with BBCOR certification. Also, make sure all base coaches (including adults) are wearing a
helmet. For a copy of the American
Legion rules go to http://www.legion.org/documents/baseball/baseball_rules.pdf
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Photos of the
2102 Umpires Slo-Pitch Tournament and the
Senior Olympics can be found by going to:
http://binghamtonumpires.shutterfly.com/pictures/5
Thanks Gary Shay for making the pictures available.
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Andy Grecko
Memorial Scholarships:
The 2012 scholarship winners were Emily McElwain
from Harpursville Central School and Brianne Krevetsky
from Hancock. The BUA would like to thank all those who participated in
the Umpires Tournament which makes these scholarships possible. If you are a coach or Athletic director
of one of the high schools that we service and would like to nominate a
high school senior for one of these scholarships please contact one of
the officers listed on the “About Us” page.
2012 Raffle Winners: $200 Jim Lunn
Owego; $100 Joe Tchir
Endwell; $75 Gary Shay Johnson City;
$50 Frank Coleman Binghamton; $25 Chuck Razmerski Apalachin (Chuck donated the
$25 back to Scholarship Fund)
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We get Letters:
BUA and DUG services
softball and baseball leagues and tournaments from Owego to Deposit, from
Town of Binghamton to Norwich. We hear from those we service and
(without bragging) we get great reviews! Check out a few of the
letters we have gotten from satisfied tournament directors and league
presidents on our “About Us” page.
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Doug Harvey’s Induction
into the Hall of Fame: Watch longtime MLB umpire Doug
Harvey take his spot as a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=10264421&c_id=mlb
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Rules and Rules Changes: It would be a
good idea to periodically check for rules changes and updates. Here are some places to go:
American
Legion: http://www.legion.org/documents/baseball/baseball_rules.pdf
(Especially
Rules 1 and 2, pages 2-7)
Adult Baseball: www.msblnational.com
ASA: www.softball.org.
NFHS Baseball: www.nfhs.org.
Vestal Girls Softball: www.vestalgirlssofball.com
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