
The 9 Questions
Here are the 9 Questions (one for each inning of a baseball game) we asked our 100 World-Class umpire mentors (plus a bonus, extra-inning question):
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What's the best thing about umpiring?
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What's the worst thing about umpiring, or the worst thing that happened to you while umpiring?
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What can I do to ensure a more consistent strike zone?
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What's the most important thing an umpire can do to improve?
5. When you're having a bad game, what do you do to fix
it?
6. What's the hardest thing for an umpire to learn?
7. What separates a good umpire from a great umpire?
8. What's your favorite umpire-related story?
9. What advice would you give to an umpire just starting
out?
BONUS: What's your definition of game management
and why is it important?
What's your definition of game management and why is it important?