ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sports Science Video Clip: JIM EVANS discusses the STRIKE ZONE (8 min.)

Video clip from the upcoming documentary, Umpires: The Integrity Of The Game (2 min.)

The Los Angeles Unit Board of Diectors thanks Kevin Danley and Stevet Galloway for their service, time and dedication during their respective terms as board members. We wish them continued success.

2008 4A FINALS CREW: PLATE UMPIRE: Nate Sterling (Crew Chief) FIRST BASE UMPIRE: Laval Smith SECOND BASE UMPIRE: Christopher Ciketic THIRD BASE UMPIRE: Carlos Maldonado

KNOW YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS as a SPORTS OFFICIAL: California Penal Code 243.8 243.8. (a) When a battery is committed against a sports official immediately prior to, during, or immediately following an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or any other organized amateur or professional athletic contest in which the sports official is participating, and the person who commits the offense knows or reasonably should know that the victim is engaged in the performance of his or her duties, the offense shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. (b) For purposes of this section, "sports official" means any individual who serves as a referee, umpire, linesman, or who serves in a similar capacity but may be known by a different title or name and is duly registered by, or a member of, a local, state, regional, or national organization engaged in part in providing education and training to sports officials.