ACTION REQUIRED: Background Checks by 5 pm April 11

All Adult GLOA officials (even those who have had a background check done for another sport) must go to www.102453.arbitersports.com and follow the steps to give CONSENT for a background check to be run. This link also spells out all your rights under Federal and State law concerning background checks. Please make sure your profile section within Read More …

4 C’s of Signals: Clear, Crisp, Consistent, Confidant

Until the late 1800s, baseball umpires did not use any signals. Some historians credit William “Dummy” Hoy, a deaf player with the Washington Nationals, with introducing hand signals for balls and strikes, safe and out calls.  Others, credit umpire  Bill “The Old Arbiter” Klem, who began officiating two years after Hoy retired, with inventing hand Read More …

2019 Rules Questions and Interpretations

Rules Questions and Rulings Here are some of the rules questions we have received this season to [email protected] and the rulings that were made. Please be sure to familiarize yourself with these situations and interpretations.