Special Article
Former West Point Players Now Umpiring
By Collin Agee
I was a left handed pitcher at West Point from 1976 to 1979. The Army Baseball Team does a great job keeping in touch with their alumni, via e-mail, webinars, and this newsletter.
In this issue, I am mentioned in an article about Army Baseball players who became umpires. I umpired just a little bit for Babe Ruth when I was playing in college—with no training. That came more than two decades later in 2001, when I did rookie training with MAC. Having played and been a fan all my life, I thought I knew the rules. Boy, did I learn differently. If I had it all to do over again, I would have started umpiring as a teenager. I think it would have made me a better player, and what better job is there than getting paid for being outside and being part of our great sport?
Enjoy the article, and the rest of the newsletter as a window into a collegiate baseball program.