The Leading Edge: Umpire Stories

On part 1 of the Bottom Of The 7th Episode Leading Edge Entertainment talks with an umpire who has worked over 900 games in professional baseball, over 30 Baseball Canada National Championships, 9 international championships with the pinnacle being the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China and a guy owns all of Celine Dion's albums on Cassette - Ron Shewchuk. Topics covered in this episode are working hi...

Thanks for coming back to part 2 of the Bottom Of The 6th Episode where Leading Edge Entertainment talks with Jim Cressman. Topics covered in this half of the interview are his experiences at the 1988 Olympic games in Seoul South Korea, hiding out with security in a secret location to watch the Men's 100M final, being named the 1990 international umpire of the year & 1991 Canadian Air Canada Amate...

On part 1 of the Bottom Of The 6th Episode Leading Edge Entertainment talks with an umpire who worked MiLB, was at the centre of an immigration issue when the US immigration department would not renew work Visas for non-american umpires in the 1970s, has worked 9 international baseball championships including the 1988 Olympic Games & 1993 World University games and was a 36 year sports reporter fo...

On this episode Leading Edge Entertainment talks with British Columbia Baseball Umpire Association (BCBUA) President, international experienced (IBAF/WBSC/COPABE) umpire and a woman who enjoys the occasional episode of The Muppet Show - Rhonda Pauls.   Topics covered are Mentorship within the BCBUA, getting a little too close to the action on a play at the plate, karaoke in Japan, breaking up figh...

On this episode Leading Edge Entertainment talks with Baseball Canada, International Experience (IBAF/WBSC) and World Baseball Classic (2009) umpire and a man who drinks prune juice daily - Corrie Davis.   Topics covered are the game that changed his career, working the World Baseball Classic, being gifted a chest protector from MLB umpire Joe West, working with various AAA (now MLB) umpires in 19...

On this episode Leading Edge Entertainment talks with Jim Evans Alumni (1997), International Experience (IBAF/WBSC)  and a man who has never seen the movie Forrest Gump - Rob Allan.   Topics covered are jumping into semi-professional baseball at the age of 17 , working 2 Pan-Am games (2011, 2015) one with Cesar Valdez and Rob's own Italian Fan Club.   *Video link of the famous -> Cesar Slam

On this episode Leading Edge Entertainment talks with Can-Am League Alumni, Current MiLB umpire, and a man who prefers his hot chocolate shaken, not stirred - Kevin Mandzuk. Topics covered are umpiring at the amateur level, making the jump to professional baseball, umpire implications of when MLB players are rehabilitating in MiLB games and the time he ejected the same coach 6 times in the same ga...

On this episode Leading Edge Entertainment talks with long time Baseball Canada Umpire & Supervisor, a Dick Willis Umpire of the Year recipient, and a man who prefers pencils over pens - David Cass. Topics covered are umpiring in the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League, The 2010 World Young (Junior) Baseball Championships and blog Hacking. So sit back, relax, get ready - it's coming! Show Link: P...

On this episode Leading Edge Entertainment talks with Baseball Canada Level 4 Umpire, Saskatoon & District Baseball Umpire Association President and a man who prefers pedicures over go-karts - Matt Schule. We talk about his experience at 4 Baseball Canada national championships, being the SDBUA president and we do our best to get his debit card pin. So sit back, relax & get ready - Because It's co...

On this episode we talk with Baseball Canada Level 6 & WBSC umpire Trevor Drury. Trevor shares with us his accomplished baseball resume and stories from when he needed to be set on the straight and narrow, his experiences at WBSC championships, being named a Baseball Canada Dick Willis award winner and many more. So sit back, relax and get ready - because it's coming! Show link - "The Call" - http...

On this episode we talk with Alberta Umpire & LLWS Alumni Brad Johnston & BCBUA Umpire Sean Weatherill about their experience as a crew at the 2019 Baseball Canada Cup. There's a few ejection stories, multiple Garth Brooks references and laughs from along the way. So sit back, relax and enjoy.....because it's coming!

We talk with MiLB alumni and current Baseball Canada & WBSC Umpire Aaron Roberts. Topics covered are: small towns, the minor leagues and all the way to a world championship, and how he continually strives to work on calling the low outside corner. So sit back, relax & enjoy - it's coming! Link to Aaron's catcher adventure (2:22:02) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGOl3D124_E&t=10228s

The Leading Edge chats with Baseball Saskatchewan Provincial Umpire Supervisor - Scott Mills about the Baseball Saskatchewan Provincial Umpire Program, growing the game, opportunities for female umpires in Saskatchewan, Umpiring the 2017 Canada Games and the time someone's jock strap ended up frozen in a bucket of water. So sit back, relax and get ready, because it's coming

1st Episode - we get into the idea behind the podcast and the vision. We bring on Baseball New Brunswick (NBBUA) & Baseball Canada Umpire Jeremy Nash to talk about growing up umpiring, his successes and the time he almost got kicked out of the Baseball Canada national umpire program (not really). So sit back relax and get ready because it's coming! PS:  Rookie podcaster here - feel free to leave f...