Name: Inside the School that Trains Umpires
Uploaded: 2019-11-01T13:40:09.000Z
Duration: 2 min 28 s
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- [Voiceover] Another season of America's past time

- That would be one of the umpire's responsibilities.

- [Voiceover] Excuse me, look at all the...

For four weeks every year, 150 aspiring umpires

I'm a major league baseball umpire number 21

- [Voiceover] And student's come from all over the world.

- [Hunter] We've got Taiwan, Dominican Republic,

Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, and Germany represented

internationally, and I believe we're coming from

- [Hunter] We're putting the foundation down.

- [Voiceover] Students learn the difference between balls.

- [Voiceover] But there's got to be more to it, right?

you always have to be honest with yourself.

If an umpire makes a mistake, you need to man up

and be honest with yourself, and you fix it

- [Voiceover] So after countless calls and balls,

walks and talks, these blues collect their diplomas

and prepare to say goodbye to umpire school,

ready to take their place behind home plate

- Best case scenario, seven to nine years

- [Voiceover] OK, so why would you do it at all?

every umpire has to sacrifice something for their

- [Voiceover] Maybe the majors won't come knocking

Wendelstedt Umpire School, these umps are ready

- I really ain't that sure I get that metaphor.

- [Voiceover] Hunter, that makes perfect sense, come on.

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Inside the School that Trains Umpires

scenario

opportunity

sense

strike