The Plate Meeting, a LF Umpire Podcast from Close Call Sports Podcast
1) Episode 27 - Tending the Taps with Tim Tschida
As we look forward to a hopefully better year ahead, Tim Tschida joins The Plate Meeting to recap his Major League umpiring career, including memorable games and ejections, as well as his journey to t...Show More
2) Episode 26 - Opening Weekend Recap as MLB Tests Positive
On this episode, Gil and tmac are joined by Bob Davidson to discuss weekly news around baseball, including Miami's viral situation, notable plays from MLB's opening weekend, and to remember former ump...Show More
3) Episode 25 - COVID Mental Health Checkup
In this Plate Meeting Podcast video episode, we step away from on-field umpiring discussion and turn to the current reality for all umpires: a wholesale loss of all games at all levels (in all sp...Show More
4) Episode 24 - Mike Reilly's Rite of Spring
After 34 years as an AL and MLB crew chief, veteran umpire Mike Reilly joined The Plate Meeting Podcast ahead of Spring Training to share some stories from his nearly 4500-game career, discuss the ori...Show More
5) Episode 23 - Scott Kennedy's Catcher Management
Scott Kennedy provides some background on his umpiring career in Minor League Baseball and transitioning into the NCAA ranks, and discusses his philosophy on dealing with teams through relationships w...Show More
6) Episode 22 - AL Umpire Drew Coble
Former AL Umpire Drew Coble joins the show to discuss his 2,303-game big league career and recounts several rousing stories from his time in baseball, including the 1991 World Series Hrbek/Gant play a...Show More
7) Episode 21 - Little League World Series with Rich Fronheiser
We've heard plenty about the MLB World Series from umpiring greats throughout the show, but not so much about the Little League World Series. In this episode, Rich Fronheiser (RichMSN on CloseCallSpor...Show More
8) Episode 20 - Mike Reilly Remembers Longtime Crew Mate Eric Cooper
As we celebrate the life of MLB umpire Eric Cooper, who passed away during the 2019 postseason, we speak with longtime major league crew chief Mike Reilly, who after working with Eric during Coop's bi...Show More
9) Episode 19m - Scott Kennedy and Umps Care Charities Postseason Drive
We sat down with UMPS CARE Charities Board Member Scott Kennedy to talk about the 100-hole golf marathon in November and Close Call Sports' postseason donation drive wherein we will donate a dollar to...Show More
10) Episode 18 - Disco Demo Davey Phillips (Part 2)
We continue our conversation with veteran AL umpire Dave Phillips with the forfeited game known as Disco Demolition Night and continue with the resumption-of-play for George Brett's pine tar game in N...Show More