CEB Umpires’ Clinic 2017

Two ABUA-E umpires praticipated in the CEB umpire clinic March 24-26. Maros Pavlik (SVK) and Georg Veit (AUT) successfully completed the course which was conducted by Paul Bokern (NED) and Mojmir Jankovic (SVK).

Both new certified umpires will have their first appointments in a CEB tournament this year.

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Merry Christmas and a happy new year…

…to all members, colleagues and friends all over Europe. Keep up the spirtit and the good work!

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ABUA-E uniforms available

The new ABUA-E uniforms are availabe now! You can order them at Honigs Europe.

The ABUA-E logo is embroidered on the hat and over the pocket on the left side of the shirt. You will also find “We are part of the game!” on the left sleeve.

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Catch and Carry

Frequently the question arises what’s the ruling if a fielder catches a batted ball and the momentum carries him into dead ball territory. Here is the answer:

Dead-ball territory. In order to understand whether the ball can be “carried,” one must first understand if the catch is allowed and whether or not the ball stays live. There is always a line of demarcation between live-ball and dead-ball territory. That could be a fence, a railing or a chalk line. Prep fields frequently have imaginary lines such as a fence line extended, a creek edge or the start of an upslope. Whatever the delineation is, it is considered live-ball territory.

Under pro rules, a catch cannot be made with any part of the fielder’s body touching dead-ball territory (6.05a Comment)...

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Article about JEEC 2016 on KNBSB website

The Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond (KNBSB) has published an article about the Jim Evans European Classic 2016 umpire clinic on his webpage. Read the article.

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JEEC 2016 is history

The 2016 edition of the Jim Evans European Classis is over. 27 students out of 11 nations attended an intense 6 1/2 days umpire clinic with chief instructor Jim Evans, instructor Mike Fichter and the assistant instructors Bruno Hubler and Sascha Pammesberger.

Photos and Videos will be published soon on this website.

We want to thank all participants, instructors and volunteers of B.S.C. Almere ’90 and hope to see you all at the JEEC 2018.

 

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JEEC 2016: Newsletter No. 3 with last info

Here you can download the JEEC newsletter number 3.

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JEEC Newsletter No. 2

Here you can download the second newsletter for JEEC 2016. You will get some information about what you will need at the clinic and a bio of instructor Mike Fichter.

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JEEC Newsletter No. 1

Here you can download the first newsletter for JEEC 2016. You will get some information about the clinic facility and the daily schedule.

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One Spot in JEEC 2016 sponsered bei Thomas Haywood Photography

ABUA-E is happy to announce that one spot in the JEEC 2016 is sponsered by Thomas Haywood Photography. Details please find in the document here.

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