Friday, March 8, 2013

Roster: 2013 World Baseball Classic Umpires

The 2013 World Baseball Classic umpires who have and will appear on the field during the tournament represent 12 countries. Each pool has a standard of six umpires assigned (USA venues may use more):

First Round's Pool A (Fukuoka, Japan) [* Indicates Umpire Selected to 2nd Round in Tokyo]
Gerry Davis (USA)*
Chris Guccione (USA)*
Poong-Ki Kim (South Korea)
Alfonso Marquez (USA/Mexico)*
Carlos Rey (Puerto Rico)*
Felix Tejada (Dominican Republic)*

First Round's Pool B (Taichung, Taiwan) [* Indicates Umpire Selected to 2nd Round in Tokyo]
Trevor Grieve (Canada, far right) also worked WBC Qualifier 1 in
Jupiter, Florida. Pictured, from L-to-R, are Quinn Wolcott (USA/PCL),
Sean Barber (USA/IL) and Jairo Mendoza (Nicaragua). [Baseball CA]
Lance Barksdale (USA)
Paul Emmel (USA)
Greg Gibson (USA)
Trevor Grieve (Canada)* [Also worked Qualifier 1]
Kenjiro Mori (Japan)
Cesar Valdes (Cuba) [Also worked Qualifier 3]

First Round's Pool C (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Dan Bellino (USA)
Eric Cooper (USA)
Jair Fernandez (Mexico) [Also worked Qualifier 3]
Ed Hickox (USA)
Paul Hyham (Australia)
Jesus Miller (Mexico)

First Round's Pool D (Phoenix, Arizona)
Brian Gorman (USA)
Brian Knight (USA)
Miguel Hernandez (Venezuela)
Kwang-Nam Na (South Korea)
Jim Reynolds (USA)
Todd Tichenor (USA) [Worked just one game of Pool D]
Michael Ulloa (Spain) [Also worked Qualifier 2]

Second Round's Pool 2 (Miami, Florida)
Angel Hernandez (USA/Cuba)
Marvin Hudson (USA)
Edgar Estivison (Panama)
Paul Hyham (Australia)
Katsumi Manabe (Japan)
Mark Wegner (USA)

Championship Round (San Francisco, California)
Ted Barrett (USA)
Wally Bell (USA)
Edgar Estivision (Panama) [From Pool 2]
Trevor Grieve (Canada) [From Qualifier 1, Pool B and Pool 1]
Paul Hyham (Australia) [From Pool C and Pool 2]
Bill Miller (USA)
Remaining International Umpires To Be Determined.