Some athletic ability 具有运动员的能力 Required preliminary training for the job (i.e., professional umpire school) 接受过培训 参考: 『How to Become an Umpire』by Christie Cowleshttp://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/umpires/how_to_become.jsp Rookiehttp://www.milb.com/ Visual_acuityhttp://...
The first step is being appointed as an associate scout, which is a volunteer position. An associate is required to help the area scout with his job and collect information. This is a chance to get to know the high school coaches in the area and become practiced in evaluating players. Con...
Anyone who is serious about becoming a scout should definitely try to get sent to one of the scout schools run by the Major League Scouting Bureau. These scout schools are held in Arizona every fall. Major league teams can send people who are interested in learning to become a scout-these ...
Pitchers appearing in the World Baseball Classic this month face an added challenge. The tournament will not have any of MLB's new rules, so they'll have to adapt again when they return to spring training. "I'm going to enjoy the heck out of no clock," Rockies and Te...
batter must instantly recognize the drop and run to first and cannot wait for the umpire call. Just like a bunt, base runners also need to be aware of the number of outs, as well as the pitch count, as they will need to decide whether to advance or stay safely on their current base...
To become a referee, umpire or other sports official, you have to check with your state and local sports association for the requirements. Formal education is not usually required for these positions, while others want applicants to have a high school diploma. Many refs start at small schools ...
It's been more than a decade since the Philadelphia 76ers began their so-called "process" to tank-the-team, earn high draft picks, and set themselves up for a bright future. This strategy has now become the norm across sports, and for the Sixers' sake, it did yield them Joel Embiid...
A "who's who" of baseball legends have played at the park over the years. Of the 351 members elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, 181 of them have either played, managed, umpired or led a team at Rickwood Field over the years, according to MLB.com. ...
“The first years we were just trying to clean up something that had become a really big problem,” says Posner, who has been with the program almost since the beginning. By ’06, after a few seasons of working out the kinks, MLB had landed on the basic outline of the operation that...
“I could slow down the game,” he says, “since the pitcher had to wait for my sign. I could take a deep breath, walk around, talk to the umpire. Now, it’s a little more like speed chess. Catchers have to think three or four pitches ahead, and yet also adjust to what happens...