The World Baseball-Softball Confederation's softball rules defines two umpires: the plate umpire and the base umpire. In real life we try to have more than two umpires for most games, and sometimes we're forced to get by with just one. read more
The World Baseball-Softball Confederation ’s softball rules defines two umpires: the plate umpire and the base umpire. In real life we try to have more than two umpires for most games, and sometimes we’re forced to get by with just one. Plate umpires. There can only be one plate umpire for each game. read more
Responsibilities of the Plate Umpire (PU) Responsibilities of the plate umpire (PU) are much less variable than for the base umpire; the other side of the coin, of course, is that the PU has a greater number of highly visible and important tasks. In ALL situations. Rule on balls and strikes. read more
OKLAHOMA CITY – Three USA Softball umpires have been selected to represent the United States at this summer’s World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) World Championships. read more