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			<h3 style="text-align: left;">Umpire Information</h3>
			    
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		<p>Anyone interested in umpiring this year should send an e-mail to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:Adrian.Steinberg@lzbsa.org">Adrian.Steinberg@lzbsa.org</a>&nbsp;with the following information:</p>
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    <li>Name</li>
    <li>Address</li>
    <li>Telephone number</li>
    <li>Date of Birth</li>
    <li>e-mail address to receive game schedules</li>
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<p>All communication regarding umpiring will be via e-mail.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><b><u>Umpire Training Dates </u></b></p>
<p><b>Clinic Dates</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sunday &nbsp; March 14th &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 - 5 PM<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sunday &nbsp;March &nbsp;21st&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 - 5&nbsp;PM</p>
<p><b>Rules Meeting</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sunday April 11th&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3 - 5 PM</p>
<p>All first and second year umpires will be required to attend one of the clinics.&nbsp; All umpires will be required to attend the Rules Meeting</p>
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		<p>Umpire candidates must be at least 14 years old.&nbsp; Those under the age of 16 are required to obtain a work permit from his or her school.&nbsp; No umpires will be scheduled until a work permit is on file.&nbsp;</p>
<p><b>Please start the process by getting the required information from your school.&nbsp;</b> Take the work permit application and letter to your school to obtain a work permit.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Mail the <b>work permit </b>and <b>W4 form &nbsp;</b>to:</p>
<p><b>LZBSA<br />
Attn: Umpire Info<br />
P.O.BOX 411<br />
Lake Zurich IL 60047</b></p>
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			<h3 style="text-align: left;">Umpiring a Baseball / Softball Game - Easy or Not?</h3>
			
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<p>Umpiring a baseball or softball game (or any sport for that matter) is a thankless job. You're being yelled at, everybody questions your decisions, people even question your sanity and intelligence.</p>
<p>As coaches, players, or parents, we assumed that calling balls or strikes isn't that hard. Here is a little video that will put things back in perspective.</p>
<p><embed height="295" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j82GwtwcdPc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></p>
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		<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: red"><font size="3">I couldn't see well enough to play when I was a boy, so they gave me a special job - they made me an umpire.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: navy"><font size="3">Harry S. Truman<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: navy"><font size="3">33rd President of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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    <h3>Adrian Steinberg</h3>	
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