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----- American Federation of Umpires -------
----- Professionalism Beyond "The Call" -------
----- AFU EMAIL Newsletter -------
- http://www.americanfederationofumpires.com/ -
----- Number 147 --- February 2, 2005 -----
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In this issue:
1) MANDATORY MEETING
2) SPRING AVAILABILITY
3) ADVANCED CLINICS
4) JUSTIN KLEMM JOINS PBUC STAFF
5) THE UMPIRE'S CALL
6) RULES, RULES, RULES
7) CATALOGS
8) CALL FOR ARTICLES
9) CALL FOR PICTURES
10) EMAIL LIST
11) CANCEL NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION

*** MANDATORY MEETING ***
There will be a MANDATORY meeting of all AFU/Gateway Umpires on
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 7:30PM.
See you there.

*** SPRING AVAILABILITY ***
We expect our season to start the last week in March.
Availability through April 30 is due on the system on March 1.
Please make sure that your READY BOX is checked on the system.

*** ADVANCED CLINICS ***
Here are the dates for our advanced clinics.
Feb. 22 - Moving Up
Mar. 1 - Communicating with your partner
Mar. 15 - Rules
All clinics will start at 8PM.

*** JUSTIN KLEMM JOINS PBUC STAFF ***
Justin Klemm has joined the PBUC staff as a full-time Field Evaluator/Instructor.
The Press Release is here:
http://www.milb.com/articles/?id=2372
Justin was just at an AFU Rookie Class.
Here are some photos:
http://www.americanfederationofumpires.com/klemm3.html

*** THE UMPIRE'S CALL ***
The Umpire's Call, a monthly (January - May) eNewsletter for amateur baseball umpires,
coaches, and those interested in becoming baseball umpires.
The January 2005 issue is available at:
http://www.usjuniortours.com/umpires/Jan05TUC.htm
The 2004 issues are available at:
http://www.usjuniortours.com/umpires/index.htm
To subscribe to the Newsletter send an email to Scott Ott at:
ott@usjuniortours.com

*** RULES, RULES, RULES ***
2005 LITTLE LEAGUE RULE CHANGES:
http://www.littleleague.org/rules/
2005 NFHS BASEBALL RULE CHANGES
http://tinyurl.com/52wmo
2005 NCAA BASEBALL RULE BOOK (pdf)
http://www.ncaa.org/library/rules/2005/2005_baseball_rules.pdf


*** EQUIPMENT RETAILER OFFERING CATALOGS ***
Here's a list of retailers offering catalogs with toll free numbers:
Lester's Upstate Sports - 1-800-468-9520
+POS - 1-800-323-5722
Body Guard Products - 1-800-274-6070
Pioneer Official's Wear - 1-800-586-7473
Cliff Keen Athletic - 1-800-327-3089
Gerry Davis Sports - 1-800-916-9088
Honig's Whistle Stop - 1-800-468-3284
All American Sports Shop - 1-800-422-2189
All Sports Official Business - 1-888-757-6425

******* CALL FOR ARTICLES **********
Any member of the AFU that would be interested in writing an article
about umpiring and would like to have it published on our web site
please contact me at: info@americanfederationofumpires.com

******* CALL FOR PICTURES **********
Any member of the AFU that has photographs of AFU Umpires working games
and would like to have them displayed on our web site please contact me
at: info@americanfederationofumpires.com

******* EMAIL LIST **********
If you know of any other members of the AFU that has an email address
please have them forward the address to me for our email list.

**** CANCEL NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION ****
If you want to cancel your subscription to the AFU Newsletter please
send an email to: info@americanfederationofumpires.com
Please put "REMOVE" in the subject line.

Talk to you next issue.
David Mekelburg AFU#9
Rules Interpreter - Web Master
American Federation of Umpires
http://www.americanfederationofumpires.com/
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Keep your eye everlastingly on the ball while it is in play.
--GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO UMPIRES--

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