BASEBALL EXCELLENCE
- 9225 NE 5TH ST
98004 BELLEVUE, WA
GEO: 47.616881, -122.216749
Phone: (425) 591-7612
E-mail: Send messagewww.baseball-excellence.com
Short profile:
We began Baseball Excellence in 1998 with the goal of better educating youth players, parents and coaches about the true fundamentals of the game.
In the (Professional) Minor Leagues winning is important but secondary to "player development". We believe that youth leagues should be approached the same way; development over winning. At Baseball Excellence we seek to instruct not only the fundamentals of the game but the "how’s and why’s" of learning to perform them correctly.
Detailed description:
The Chairman of the Board, Jim Thompson
has been umpiring in Florida since 1953. He has umpired Little League, Babe Ruth League, high school, American Legion, college, semi-pro and professional baseball.
He works spring training games for the Los Angeles Dodgers and is a substitute umpire in the Florida State and Gulf Coast Leagues (Class A professional).
He has umpired 2 Olympic Festivals (1987& 1989) and has umpired 11 Florida high school Florida Finals.
Jim served on the National Federation Baseball Rules Committee for 6 years and has been inducted into the Florida High School Hall of Fame and the National High School Hall of Fame.
He quietly resides on our Ask the Umpire discussion board and quickly springs to action when any umpiring question is asked.
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