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Fellow umpires, my name is Rob Drake and I am a professional umpire. I have been in the minor leagues for 16 years now and have been working in the Big Leagues for 10 years. I have never posted here before, but I know that these umpire message boards are a great resource for everyone that uses them. I know some of you checked out my old basic BLOG site, but the COMPLETLY NEW site is now up and running. I have some great content that I think you will really enjoy, as well as a message board and a daily blog. This blog will become the anchor of this site as the season begins. I want to give everyone a behind-the-scenes look at what the life of an umpire, working in the Big Leagues, is like. I will try to give you an on-the-field perspective that will make you feel like you were there. I hope this is something everyone will enjoy. The message board is also meant to be a sounding board for you guys to ask questions that I will try and answer personally. I know not many professional umpires post on these sites, so I want to give you a resource that can answer professional baseball type questions in addition to other umpire questions. I do not want you to stop posting on this board, but to instead, use both boards as a resource to your umpire growth. This is an incredible profession that I take great pride in. I have always wanted to do something that would help people understand the incredible passion that it takes to do this job. Umpires are umpires, regardless of what league you work in and I want to create a fresh, new place to help take your work to the highest level possible. Thanks for reading this and I look forward to responding to each of you that visit the site over this next season. I think you will enjoy the site tremendously! Any comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please check us out at www.theumpirelife.com
THANKS AGAIN!
Sincerely,
Rob Drake
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Rob:
I look forward to reading your blog - thanks for doing it. I do a blog as well, (robkremer.blogspot.com)and I know that it takes a certain amount of focus and commitment.

We've had some interesting discussions on this board about the strike zone. Perhaps you could discuss it on your blog sometime - lots of different aspects: the zone in MLB vs other levels, the definition, does the zone change during a game, why different umps apparently have such different zones - stuff like that.

I'd be very interested to read the thoughts of an MLB ump on it!

Thanks again!
I've found this to be a fun site to follow and having had a nephew who umpired two years in the minor leagues makes it all the more interesting for me. He umpired Pioneer League ball when Prince Fielder was playing for the Ogden Raptors. I wish he had kept it up but he found it too hard on his young married life. Anyway I think this will add a fresh new perspective for most of us as the season progresses. Give it a look.

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