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Carl Childress

Carl Childress

Carl Childress is the Editor-in-Chief of Officiating.com. He's been writing professionally about amateur "hardball" umpiring for thirty years. RightSports, Inc., publishes each year his unique Baseball Rule Differences, known as the BRD. He's also the Umpire-in-Chief for the American Legion in his area as well as being the TASO secretary and rules interpreter. Click here to read a short biography. You may reach Carl at carlchildress@officiating.com.

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Carl Childress article archive

Let's Have an Interp, My Dear — Part I — Beginner's luck
Batter Interference -- Again
Don't Call It: Fix It
Pick-up Games — Part I — Who, what, where, and when
We Appeal — Part III
Benefit of the Doubt — Part IV — The runnber: continued
We Appeal — Part II — The extras
Benefit of the Doubt — Part III — The runner
We Appeal — Part I — The process
Benefit of the Doubt — Part II — The batter
Benefit of the Doubt — Part I — What exactly is it?
American Legion Rules — Part I
Big Finger? You're Outta Here!
How to Talk to a Coach
Do What I Do
Do What I Say
When Three Are Worse Than Two — Part II
Gerry Davis Stance — Finally!
When Three Are Worse Than Two — Part I
A, MF
Three-Man Mechanics: Three-Man Mechanics — Part I
The Missing Coach
Everyone Blows Calls
How and Why to Avoid Ejections — Part III — But if they have to go....
Pop Quiz 1 — Answers
Pop Quiz 1 — Questions
NFHS 2008 Interpretations — Supplement to the BRD
How and Why to Avoid Ejections — Part II
How and Why to Avoid Ejections — Part I
Three Fatal Errors
Gerry Davis Stance: Again — Part I
Third-World Plays — Part I — Heaven and Hell
An Editorial: Why Have Referees?
AreYou Sure? — Yes, I am
That's Batter Interference
Please Don't Forget — Part IV — Running lane and run-downs
I Hate Scrimmages — Part II
Please Don't Forget — Part III — Swipe tag, on or off the base
Please Don't Forget — Part II — Getting help, infield fly, swipe tag on the batter-runner
Please Don't Forget — Part I — Where ya gonna be?
I Hate Scrimmages — Part I
How Not to Call — Part II — Balks - to start with
The 2008 BRD
How Not to Call — Part I — Foul balls
NFHS Rule Changes: 2008 — Part II — Obstruction � and one thing more
NFHS Rule Changes: 2008 — Part I — Obstruction
What Can Brown Do For Me? — Part V
Swimming Upstream — Amateur v Professional
What Can Brown Do For Me? — Part IV
The 2008 BRD
Let's Get Better Overnight — Part VI — Personal-c
Let's Get Better Overnight — Part V — Personal-b
What Can Brown Do For Me? — Part III
Let's Get Better Overnight — Part IV — Anywhere-b
What Can Brown Do For Me? — Part II — Getting started
Let's Get Better Overnight — Part III — Anywhere
What Can Brown Do For Me? — Part I — Still more fall ball
Even MORE Fall Ball
Let's Get Better Overnight — Part II — The bases
Let's Get Better Overnight — Part I — The plate
Still More About Fall Ball
Umpiring from the Stands
More about Fall Ball — Down Mexico way
Fall Ball
Why Umpires differ from Referees — Part II
Why Umpires differ from Referees — Part I
Dropped Third Strike Mechanics
Where Do I Stand? — Part III
You're Out of Alignment — Part I
Where Do I Stand? — Part II
Where Do I Stand? — Part I
The Libero Strikes Again — Part II
The Libero Strikes Again — Part I
Ace Arrives!
Don't Get Me in Trouble — Part II
Don't Get Me in Trouble — Part I
Never Assume — Part V — Did he go? Part Deux
Never Assume — Part IV — Did he go?
Never Assume — Part III — 10-1-4
Never Assume — Part II
Never Assume — Part I
Hrbek Lives! — Part I
Hrbek Lives! — Part II
My Favorite Year 10b — Part X — Casebook 2007: American Legion: SECOND HALF
My Favorite Year 10a — Part X — Casebook 2007: American Legion FIRST HALF
My Favorite Year 9 — Part IX — Casebook 2007: interference
My Favorite Year 8 — Part VIII — Casebook 2007: fair or foul
My Favorite Year 7 — Part VII — Casebook 2007: pitching
My Favorite Year 6 — Part VI — Casebook 2007: substitution
When It's Playoff Time in Texas — Part II
When It's Playoff Time in Texas — Part I
My Favorite Year 5 — Part V — Casebook 2007: hands and feet
My Favorite Year 4 — Part IV
My Favorite Year 3 — Part III
My Favorite Year 2 — Part II
My Favorite Year 1 — Part I
A District Clinic — Part III
A District Clinic — Part II
District Clinic — Part I — What did you do wrong?
1952 World Series: Game Seven — Part VIII
1952 World Series: Game Seven — Part VII
1952 World Series: Game Seven — Part VI
1952 World Series: Game Seven — Part V
1952 World Series: Game Seven — Part IV
1952 World Series: Game Seven — Part III — Umpires and mechanics
1952 World Series: Game Seven — Part II
1952 World Series: Game Seven — Part I — Warmup
You Can't Do That
Junior High is Different — Part III
Junior High is Different — Part II — How different?
Junior High is Different — Part I — Competition on a grand scale
50 More Ways to Ruin a Baseball Game — Part II — Excerpt:: Anticipate the result of a play
50 More Ways to Ruin a Baseball Game — Part I — Excerpt: Failure to get help from the players
A Coach in Your Face — Part III — Once, twice, three times a bad guy
A Coach in Your Face — Part II — Blind justice
A Coach in Your Face — Part I — Great expectations
Summertime Blues — Part III — Rookies and veterans
Summertime Blues — Part II — We are short, short
Summertime Blues — Part I — Bottom 3
PONY Baseball and the OBR
By the Numbers — Amazing!
When to Call a Strike — Part V — The twilight zone
Two-Man Mechanics, NFHS-style — Part XII
Two-Man Mechanics, NFHS-style — Part XI
When to Call a Strike — Part IV — The Klingon neutral zone
Two-Man Mechanics, NFHS-style — Part X
When to Call a Strike — Part III — The Romulan neutral zone
Two-Man Mechanics, NFHS-style — Part IX
When to Call a Strike — Part II — The outer limits
An Annotated Bibliography — Part VII — Scott Ehret (a)
When to Call a Strike — Part I — Strike zone defined
Two-Man Mechanics, NFHS-style — Part VIII
An Annotated Bibliography — Part VI — Roland Wiederaenders (a)
Two-Man Mechanics, NFHS-style — Part VII
Two-Man Mechanics, NFHS-style — Part VI
An Annotated Bibliography — Rich Ives (a)
Two-Man Mechanics, NFHS-style — Part V
An Annotated Bibliography — Part IV — Blaine Gallant (a)
Two-Man Mechanics, NFHS-style — Part IV
An Annotated Bibiliography — Part III — Peter Osborne (a)
Two-Man Mechanics, NFHS-style — Part III
50 More Ways to Ruin a Baseball Game — Excerpt: Blunder #26: Signal a superfluous foul tip
Two-Man Mechanics, NFHS-style — Part II
An Annotated Bibliography — Part II — Chad Hickey (a)
Delay of Game
Two-Man Mechanics, NFHS-style — Part I
An Annotated Bibliography — Part I — Tee Alan Christensen (a)
Excerpt: 50 More Ways to Ruin a Baseball Game
Texas Heat v Canadian Cold — Part III — Rebuttal: This is easy!
51 Ways to Ruin a Baseball Game — Excerpt: Blunders #31 and #2
Texas Heat v Canadian Cold — Part III — B is best
Simple Rules, TWPs, and Making Tests — Part II — TWPs
Simple Rules, TWPs, and Making Tests — Part I — Simple rules
Jim Dandy to the Rescue — Part I — I am born
Screw the Rules — Rich ain't always right
Bad News for Umpires? — Part I
Let's Have an Interp, My Dear — Part III — Top of the world, Ma
Let's Have an Interp, My Dear — Part II — The middle man
What's It All About, Alfie?
Balk Ends the Game
Rats and Cats — Part II — Who's the cat?
Rats and Cats — Part I — Who's the rat?
A Success Story
Intent and Situations in the Rules — Part II — Judgment won't work either
Intent and Situations in the Rules — Part I — Intent won't solve your problems
Point Counterpoint Counterpoint — Both Roland and Peter are wrong
50 Ways to Ruin a Basball Game — One way to ruin a book (grin)
50 More Ways to Ruin a Baseball Game
Umpire Needs Transplant
Alan is Wrong
Excerpt from Baseball Rule Differences
The FYC — Part IV — Pragmatist v idealist
The FYC — Part III — The amateur level
The FYC — Part II — The pro level
Rules is Rules — Part XIII — DH - NCAA style: you can't go home again
Rules is Rules — Part XII — DH - NCAA style: the fourth man
Rules is Rules — Part XI — DH - FED style
How to Argue with an Umpire
Rules is Rules — Part X — All other awards
Rules is Rules — Part IX — Two-base awards, or what's a play for?
Rules is Rules — Part VIII — Two-base awards
Rules is Rules — Part VII — Equipment -- and All That Jazz
Correction to "Rules is Rules" — Coach interference at third
Rules is Rules — Part VI — Coach interference at third - expanded
Rules is Rules — Part V — Coach interference at third
The Benefit of the Doubt — Part IV — The defense
Rules is Rules — Part IV — Vacate any space
Rules is Rules — Part III — Batting out of order - c
Rules is Rules — Part II — Batting out of order - b
Rules is Rules — Part I — Batting out of order - a
Jason Millsap — Part I — Starting out in football and baseball
Essay Exam
The Killer Bees Are Here
The Usual Suspects — Part XXV — Points not covered - OBR (b)
The Usual Suspects — Part XXIV — Points not covered - OBR (a)
The Usual Suspects — Part XXIII — Points not covered - NCAA
The Usual Suspects — Part XXII — Points not covered - FED (b) - with a dash of NCAA and OBR for flavor
The Usual Suspects — Part XXI — Points not covered - FED (a)
The FED Running Lane — We again hear a different drummer
The Usual Suspects — Part XX — That's also a balk
The Usual Suspects — Part XIX — That's a balk!
The Usual Suspects — Part XVIII — That shouldn't be a balk
The Usual Suspects — Part XVII — That ain't a balk!
The Usual Suspects — Part XVI — Batter interfrerence by a 90-lb. weaking
The Usual Suspects — Part XV — The batter on the bases
The Usual Suspects — Part XIV — The batter at home
The Usual Suspects — Part XIII — The runner nearest home � sometimes
The Usual Suspects — Part XII — It's a double play
The Usual Suspects — Part XI — Hit by the batted ball - overdrive
The BRD is On its Way
2004 NCAA Umpire Clinic — Part II — Interference
The Usual Suspects — Part X — Hit by the batted ball - standard shift
2004 NCAA Umpire Clinic — Part I — Obstruction
The Usual Suspects — Part IX — The answer to David's questions
The Usual Suspects — Part VIII — Batter-runners and the three-foot line (d)
The Usual Suspects — Part VII — Batter-runners and the three-foot line (c)
The Usual Suspects — Part VI — Batter-runners and the three-foot line (b)
Excerpt from 51 Ways to Ruin a Baseball Game — Part V — Make a flagrantly wrong call
The Usual Suspects — Part V — Batter-runners and the three-foot line (a)
The Usual Suspects — Part IV — When worlds collide: BR and F2
The Usual Suspects — Part III — The force-play-slide rule -- Q and A
The Usual Suspects — Part II — The force-play-slide rule -- FED style
The Usual Suspects — Part I — The force-play-slide rule -- NCAA style
He Got in My Way — Part II — This is now
He Got in My Way — Part I — That was then
Two More "Lists"
Starting in B — Part II — Mostly good things
Starting in B — Part I — A good thing, a bad thing
An Email Exchange
An Evening in Old Monterrey — Part III — Gettin' home
An Evening in Old Monterrey — Part II — In the city and at the ballpark
An Evening in Old Monterrey — Part I — South of the border, down Mexico way
Every Game You Call Is Important
Childress v Ostler
Let's NOT Take a Test?
Andy Konyar Speaks Out
Official Interpretations for the DH Rule
The Gerry Davis System — Part II — Keys and bullets
The Gerry Davis System — Part I — Positions, stances, and crawfish
Umpire Ethics — Part IV — Point/counterpoint on the retaliatory call
American Legion Playoff
My Catcher was an Ump
Pitching Quiz: Answers
Pitching Quiz
The BRD: A correction and two excerpts
BRD 233 Positions Occupied at Time of the Pitch
Baseball Rules Differences — Appeal Procedure: Baserunning Errors
Baseball Rules Differences — Improper Appeal Procedure
Ehret and Porter
Quiz III Answers
Quiz III Questions — Oh, Really?
Quiz 2 — Part II
Quiz 2 — Part I — In honor of the FED
Major League Baseball Umpire Joe Brinkman — Part III
Kilroy Was Here — Part III — He did, but he didn't
Kilroy Was Here — Part II — Religion, geography, films, and politics
Kilroy Was Here — Part I — Jobs, cars, royalty, girls, golfers, food, and drink
The NCAA Strikes Again -- For the First Time
Excerpt from 51 Ways to Ruin a Baseball Game — Part IV — Talk to the fans
Fielder: Positions Occupied at Time of Pitch or Play Section 224 from the B
Three-Man Mechanics — Part II — A Convenient Base
Excerpt from 51 Ways to Ruin a Baseball Game — Part III — Fail to support your partner
BRD Section 301: Interference by: Runner: Slide: Force Play FED only
BRD: Section 367: Pitcher Stops in the Set Position Complete and Discernible
Section 4 from the BRD: "Last Time By"
Cut the Rope
Excerpt from 51 Ways to Ruin a Baseball Game — Part II — Cover the wrong base
Excerpt from 51 Ways to Ruin a Baseball Game — Part I — Call a technical balk
Thanksgiving Turkey -- with and without Stuffing — FED: The bad and the good

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