1 day ago by The Hairy Maggot

It's the last week of September in the year 2109, and Melbourne is abuzz with Grand Final fever. Thanks to rising sea levels, the MCG and Docklands are long gone, and instead this year's match is being played at the newly-built seaside home of the AFL, McGuire Park in Broadmeadows (cryogenics have c ...

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25 days ago by Kate

I'm in Long Beach, CA, where I was born and spent much of the first six years of my life, for the umpire camp I received a scholarship to. It's funny how even the short drive from the airport to the hotel was so familiar, when I haven't been here in so long. I was told registration was from 12 to 3, ...

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30 days ago by BnM Lover

Before anyone who reads this blog knew me, I attended Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring ( JEAPU) in January 1999. The above photo was taken on February 7, 1999, the night of our Graduation Ceremony. I wasn't short when I was eighteen. The guy standing on my right is just a few inches taller ...

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39 days ago by myliferevealed

Just a side note, I’ve already earned my certificate and i am now officially certified to be an official umpire for tennis matches sanctioned by the Singapore Tennis Association or the International Tennis Federation. Of course, this does not include Grand Slams of the sport, but just small time gam ...

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41 days ago by Kate

This morning was crummy. I couldn't get the borrowed carpet steam cleaner to work. While wresting with that, I answered a call from T, who was on a break from work. He was totally unfocused, interrupting me three times to comment on passersby or share a random thought, ie. as I started talking about ...

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41 days ago by Charles Simone

Before I wrote Voluntary Release II, I had placed a call to Rick Roder, one of the co-authors of the Jaksa/Roder Manual, and operator of the web site Rules of Baseball.com. I would certainly have understood if he wanted to steer clear of this recent controversy, but he did return my call last week, ...

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46 days ago by vmminerva

A lot can happen in two days. India’s middle order, precisely Ganguly, Tendulkar and lower-order batsman Dhoni powered India to a decent total of 469. Four quick Aussie wickets meant that the Aussies needed some damage control. That they did, but nothing more. In fact, the Aussie damage control woul ...

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50 days ago by Ed

Poor old Dickie Bird. Times are changing, technology is coming in and he believes it's a " sad moment" - I can understand why umpires are reluctant to accept change, but they - as with all people across organisations across the world - need to divorce themselves from what has happened previously. If ...

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50 days ago by singhbishan

India-Australia matches are becoming increasingly tight contests - and the first Test in Bangalore wasn’t any different. Winning the toss in the sub-continent has always been very important but on tracks like the one at the M._Chinnaswamy_Stadium, it’s almost a must. Australia did the expected by ch ...

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54 days ago by vmminerva

That was some drama for a side that was 69-0 at the end of Day 2 after about half-a-session’s play. If you’re an India supporter, you can never rule out the fall of Sehwag to rash shot early in the first session. It would be unfair to criticize him for that, for it is that very rashness that shocks ...

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