French Baseball Umpire
About me
. Moved to San Diego in September 2023 (see more details below)
. I’m available full-time since umpiring is my main activity.
. Started umpiring in 2013, though I took my 1st classes in 2002
. +14-year / +1000-game experience (see more details below)
. Umpire Instructor for the French Baseball Federation from 2018 to 2023
. Worked 2, 3 & 4 umpire crews
. Baseball & Softball player from 1988 to 2022
. Baseball & Softball coach from 1993 to 2022 (youth Baseball/Softball, adult Baseball and co-ed Softball)
Since September 2023
Since September 2023, I’ve been working with several associations in San Diego, North County and Orange County:
- Pacific Coast Athletic Conference
- San Diego County Baseball Umpire Association
- San Diego Adult Baseball League
- North County Adult Baseball League
- Black & Blue Umpire Association
I’ve worked about 500 games in California, Arizona, Nevada and even in Washington and Oregon, with different level and rule sets:
- Pony League
- Little League
- Travel ball
- Adult ball
- High-school
- Junior College
- And numerous scrimmages at SDSU, USD & UCSD
The 2025 & 2026 seasons
⋅ Started working Junior College with the PCAC (Pacific Coast Athletic Conference) in January 2025. I worked 19 regular season games in 2025, and 16 in 2026.
⋅ Been working hundreds of High School games, plus a handful of play-off games in 2025.
⋅ Assigned to two high school games at Petco Park in April 2025 (U3) and in April 2026 (PU)
⋅ First season in the Collegiate Summer Baseball League in San Diego in 2025 (16 games)
⋅ Assigned to the 2025 WBSC European Championship in Novara (Italy)
⋅ Invited to the 2026 WBSC Europe Advanced Level Clinic (Spain)
Clinics and supervisions
. Umpire Focus 3-Umpire Camp – Irvine, California – October 16-19, 2025
- Instructors: Adam Dowdy, Mike Jarboe, Mike Lusky, Mike Fichter
. Anthony Prater Western States Umpire Clinic – 3 & 4-Umpire Camp – Las Vegas, Nevada – October 24-27, 2024
- Instructors: Anthony Prater, Jimmy Craig, Alberto Ruiz & Jacob Asher, all NCAA umpires
. Umpire Focus 2-Umpire Camp – Phoenix, Arizona – October 18-20, 2024
- Instructors: Adam Dowdy (former MLB umpire & NCAA D1 umpire), Alex Tosi (MLB umpire) & Brian Fields (former MiLB umpire)
. SDCBUA Clinics (San Diego County Baseball Umpire Association) – Dec 2023, Feb. 2024 & Jan. 2026
- Instructors: Ryan Bell (Former Junior College umpire & SDCBUA President) & Jordan Shepard (Former MiBL umpire and College umpire), Hamilton Collins (D3 & JC umpire)
. WBSC Europe Clinic (World Baseball & Softball Confederation) in Modena, Italy – February 2022
- Instructor: Zdenek Zidek, former MiLB Umpire & former WBSC Europe Baseball Umpiring Committee Director
. French D1 & D2 umpire Clinic – Paris – 2020
- Instructors: Serge Makouchetchev (French umpire who worked the 2016 WBC Qualifier and the 2026 WBC), Peter Brink and Edwin A. Louisa, WBSC Dutch Umpires (Edwin worked the World Baseball Classic in 2023, the U23 World Cup, the WBSC Premier 12 in 2024, and the 2026 WBC)
. Little League Clinic – Kutno, Poland – March 2019
- Instructors: Sean Guilday & Tom Rawlings
“Every game I worked in either European tournaments, Little League, Challenge de France or French Series, has been supervised. I always gain a lot of information from these supervisions and I always look forward to receiving more!”
References
Pacific Coast Athletic Conference:
- Assigners:
- Paul Graham
- 949-887-1170
- Pete Lopez
- 619-922-3961
San Diego County Baseball Umpire Association:
- President: Ryan Bell
- rrb_008@yahoo.com
- 619-818-6178
San Diego Adult Baseball League:
- Assigner: Jamie Dambois
- sdablumpjamie@gmail.com
- 619-392-2950
North County Adult Baseball League:
- Assigner: Chris Rutz
- ca.dist70umpire@yahoo.com
- 760-522-8727
Umpire Focus Camps (see the Clinic section above):
- Adam Dowdy (+ Mike Jarboe):
- umpirefocus@gmail.com
- 480-280-8504
AP Western States Umpire Clinics (see the Clinic section above):
- Anthony Prater:
- apwesternstatesumpireclinics@gmail.com
- 702-544-4340
International experience
. WBSC European Championship Senior – 2025 – Novara, Italy (Championship game > U1)
. Senior League Baseball World Series – 2023 – Easley, SC – USA :
- US Championship game @ Home plate
- World Series Championship game @ 2nd Base
. Senior League Little League Europe & Africa Tournament – July 2023 – Novara, Italy
. WBSC European Champions Cup Senior – 2023 – Amsterdam – The Netherlands
. WBSC European Championship U15 Qualifier – August 2022 – Budapest, Hungary (Championship game > U3)
. Little League Senior Europe & Africa Regional Tournament – Novara, Italy – July 2022 (Championship game > PU)
. WBSC European Confederation Cup Senior – June 2022 – Rouen, France
. WBSC European Championship U23 – Verona, Italy – 2021 (Championship game > U3)
. Little League Europe & Africa Regional Tournament – Kutno, Poland – 2019
. WBSC European Championship Juveniles U12 – Czech Republic – 2019 (Championship game > U1)
. Little League Europe & Africa Regional Tournament – Kutno, Poland – 2018 (Championship game > PU)
. Swedish Division 1 – Semi-Professional Adult National League – Double-header – Sölvesborg Vs Stockholm – August 2018
. French U18 National Team Vs Dutch U18 National Team – 4 scrimmage games – 2017
. Collegiate Baseball League Europe – Tournament for Baseball Academy players – 2015, 2016 & 2017
Experience in France
. Started umpiring in the French Divisions 2 & 3 in 2013
. French Division 1 from 2016 to 2023
Semi-Professional Adult National League (Top division), highest level in France with a lot of players from the United States, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Japan… and pitchers like Mathias Lacombe, the first French pitcher to be drafted by a MLB franchise, the White Sox, in 2023.
In addition, a dozen of French players have been drafted by NCAA/NJCAA teams in the last few years (ex: Mathis Meurant, with D1 Arizona Baseball or Kenny Esposito, with D2 Point Loma…)
. French All-Star Games: 2016 > U3, 2017 > U1 & 2018 > PU
French National Team Vs. the best foreign players playing at the French Division 1 level
. « French Series » season play-offs : 2018, 2021, 2022 & 2023
. 2022 « French Series » Championship games (5-game series – Game 4 > PU)
. 2023 « French Series » Championship games (5-game series – Games 1 & 5 > PU)
. “Challenge de France“ (Top 8 Division 1 teams Tournament, Qualifier for the WBSC European Champions Cup Senior) : 2019, 2021 (Championship game > U2), 2022 (Championship game > PU) & 2023 (Championship game > PU… during 13 innings!)
Gallery
Bonus
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