Umpire Profiles

At the time John Porter was first selected to serve as Commissioner of NV Umpires in 1985, his predecessor had operated with a spiral notebook. Each day the hand-written list of all games was contained on one page: date, time, location and the names of the two umpires assigned to each game.

Dave Stewart of the Baltimore suburbs is one of us, however, unlike many of us, young Dave wears many hats and each of them fits very well indeed. At the age of 34, Stewart is entering his third decade in officialdom.

This is the day when young Andrew Klinger strides, of course, he’ll stride and gracefully too, over the threshold to open a huge new chapter of his life. He’s taking off his umpire gear, picking up his books, and entering the classrooms of the University of Virginia.

Fellow Blues, sad to say many of us ensconced up here in Northern Virginia, suburban Maryland and DC have not had the good fortune of working with or even knowing Dale Fitzpatrick.

If you’ve had the opportunity to work, or just talk with him, you know Michael Chmar is one intense gent. Indeed, Michael is extremely intense!

When Brennan Miller worked the 2025 season opener a few weeks back at Dodger Stadium, he was not only the youngest member of his MLB crew in Los Angeles for those three games; he was the youngest umpire in Major League Baseball….

Anthony Hemmans first came to us at MAC-NVBUA in the spring of 2013. During the months that followed in his first year, he came to realize, “They had to find out who I was.”

By the second day of 2025, Anthony Mayer had already received 15 JUCO and Division 3 college assignments for the approaching season. So early and so many games speak loud volumes of just how quickly Mayer’s star is rising in the umpire world.

When our newly elected Association President began his noble life-adventure four decades ago, he recalls “no one started with less experience than I did.” Now you might be tempted to interject that most of us began as beginners, and of course you’d be right.