PLAY BALL!
Blue Springs Baseball and EKCUA (Eastern Kansas City Umpires Association), are always looking for dedicated umpires. We provide professional training at no cost in the spring, and with a growing league, there are always games to umpire.
Want to make some extra cash this summer and/or in the fall while on the diamond? Sign up and become an umpire today!
2024 UMPIRE CALENDAR
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Weekly Umpire Class
Legion Complex (Blue Springs)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Weekly Umpire Class
Legion Complex (Blue Springs)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Weekly Umpire Class
Legion Complex (Blue Springs)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Weekly Umpire Class
Legion Complex (Blue Springs)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Weekly Umpire Class
Legion Complex (Blue Springs)
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
April 27 - 28, 2024
Spring Training
May 1, 2024
League Play Starts (Rec and Comp Teams)
ASSIGNR
EKCUA uses assignr.com for scheduling umpires. Umpires can go to the Assignr website by clicking the logo, or going to assignr.com.
Assignr is an online scheduling program that allows umpires to take control of their schedules. It also keeps records of games worked, wages earned, and gives us a private outlet to communicate. It is available to all officials as well as the Blue Springs Baseball Board of Directors. It does this all at a fraction of a cost to other scheduling programs.
EQUIPMENT
Shirts: The association shirt is the Carolina Blue shirt with the black collar. All umpires need to have this shirt. Umpires are free to wear other shirts as they please, as long as all umpires on a field match.
Pants: Umpire pants are always heather or charcoal gray. Regular gray slacks are acceptable for new umpires as long as shin guards can fit comfortably underneath. For umpires looking to get umpire pants, they come in two cuts: base and plate.
Plate pants have wider legs to accommodate large shin guards and they have reinforced seat seams.
Base pants are cut like normal slacks.
UMPIRE IN CHIEF (UIC)
Have questions about umpiring or scheduling? Please contact our Umpire in Chief:
CADE COX
UMPIRE IN CHIEF
Phone: (816) 588-6267
SENIOR UMPIRES
CURT BROWN
SENIOR UMPIRE
Phone: (816) 332-1698
BILL COCKERHAM
SENIOR UMPIRE
Phone: (816) 352-3782
LARRY SCHELLENBERGER
SENIOR UMPIRE
Phone: (816) 564-2123