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Rick Roder
Umpire Clinician - Speaker -
Freelance Commercial Writer
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- Nine years of experience as Field Instructor (field and plate work), Joe Brinkman and Brinkman/Froemming Umpire Schools, Cocoa, Florida.
- Six years Head Rules Instructor, eight years total baseball rules classroom experience, Joe Brinkman and Brinkman/Froemming Umpire Schools; approximately 110 students per class.
- Nine years experience Space Coast Umpire’s Camps; one week and weekend amateur camps.
- Featured clinician and plate work instructor at camps throughout the U.S. and world, including Southwest Baseball Umpires Association (Texas) and Germany.
- Present umpire evaluator and supervisor, Triple-A professional level, responsible for reporting directly to the Major League Commissioner’s Office.
- Baseball rules consultant work with the Major League Commissioner’s Office.
- Co-author of The Rules of Professional Baseball: A Comprehensive Reorganization and Clarification with Christopher Jaksa, seven editions over a period of 14 years. The only total re-write of baseball’s rules in the world.
- Author of More Than 100 Problems With the Official Baseball Rules.
- Baseball’s rules: history, theory, interpretation, and enforcement.
- On-field umpiring: field and plate work.
- Evaluation, supervision, and training of umpires.
- History of the Catholic Diocese of Sioux City (twenty-four counties of Northwest Iowa).
- Creative and technical business writing.
- Feature and subject-specific baseball writing with specialization in baseball’s rules and umpiring (contributor to The Sporting News, E-Umpire.com, World Umpires Association (major league umpires) website, and Referee Magazine).
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Rick Roder is currently available in the following capacities:
Umpire Clinician and Writer
Speaker
Freelance Commercial Writer
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Rick Roder
P.O. Box 2
Remsen, IA 51050
rick@rulesofbaseball.com