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take it personal,” he said. “Kids follow their coach’s example.
If he yells, they yell. If he is quiet, they will be quiet. I haven’t
thrown that many people out. Sometimes the coaches can help
by talking to the yeller. Your attitude should be to keep them
in the game. When you eject someone, they have to leave the
ballpark and the game is stopped until that happens.”
Little League has bona fide umpires, but fans are often
asked to work as umpires at first and third base, Hudman
said. The ideal umpire does his job quietly without showboating
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instead of the guy who thinks he is the game when it is
really a game for the kids, he said.
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DEWEY HUDMAN
Age: 69
Lives in: Port St. Lucie
Occupation: Utilities project
administrator
Family: Wife, Lil; three sons,
Gary, 49; David, 46; Denny, 37;
six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren
Education: Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, Auburn
University; Master in Business Administration, Florida
Institute of Technology
Hobbies: Umpiring Little League and softball games
What inspires me: “I like working with people and the comradery
with Little League families.”
Something most people don’t know about me: “I enjoy
cooking and I cook all of the holiday meals for my family.”
PIERCE
LIL HUDMAN
Like father, like son.
Hudman and his
son, Denny, pose
before umpiring
Port St. Lucie
Little League games
20 years ago.
Denny umpired
until he was 18 and
later coached Little
League for six years.
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