Eastern Officials Association Baseball Umpires

10/27/2025

Chesapeake Middle School championship game!! An exciting day for all involved!

09/13/2025

Aren’t Saturdays in the fall the best?

09/07/2025

Presenting the EOA Baseball Bob Hood (Umpire of the Year) 2025: Frank Eduardo

We are very proud of Frank. A great umpire on the field and even better guy off the field. Frank never complains, he never turns back games. He goes anywhere we ask and is a shining example when he’s on the field. Frank worked his first state quarterfinal game this year and we are proud of the way he represents our association. Congratulations Frank!!

08/24/2025

We had a great time at today’s all-umpire first ever EOA Classic golf tournament! Thanks to all the guys who came out to play. Info coming in the next couple months on our big golf tournament in the fall of 2026! Stay tuned!!

08/19/2025

Good luck to American Legion Post 280 in the World Series championship game tonight! Just proof of the talent of players and coaches in the 757 area. We are proud to work with you all throughout the year.

As umpires, we don’t often get to cheer so tonight we join the rest of the 757 in cheering for these guys!

08/15/2025

Congratulations to our guys who worked the PONY World Series this week in Washington, PA!

We are proud of their hard work and dedication to baseball and to the development and growth of their umpire careers!

Congratulations Joe Pallazzo, Mikel Davis, Mark Hotaling, and Zach Marraccini!

07/25/2025

EOA umpires doing big things - congratulations to our guys working the Bronco World Series in Chesterfield, VA!!

We are so proud of these guys!

07/18/2025

Our friends at UMPS CARE Charities have created a pledge to promote the safety of umpires. While we recognize competition breeds passion and all of us love being around that type of passion, we also recognize the need for umpires to work in a safe place and to be able to be arbiters of the game who take a fair and neutral stance. Virginia has recently made abuse of sports officials a criminal offense and we stand strong in the safety of our umpires.

Please take a moment to sign the pledge from Umps Care to treat umpires with respect and insure their safety while maintaining the passion and competitive nature of the game. Thank you!

Take The Pledge WATCH OUR NATIONAL PSA Sign The PledgeJoin a growing movement to help end abuse of umpires by adding your name to those who have signed our pledge! AL ALBERTMark AndersonJim ArehartRandy AtkinsonLisa BallardDeb BarrerasJoshua BAXTERDon BaylesBob BlazekElizabeth BonetPaul BrowerRich....

07/17/2025

Have you thought about umpiring before? It’s a great way to be around the game and put some money in your pocket doing something you will love!

Our new umpire class starts August 3rd and we have informational meetings the next two Monday nights at 8p via zoom. Email the address below to get the link, ask questions, and sign up to be an umpire. Working with EOA can take you to some great places in baseball!!

EOAbaseballcommissioner@gmail.com

07/06/2025

We are proud anytime one of our umpires represents EOA at Cooperstown Dreams Park but even more so when 3 EOA umpires go up and all 3 get selected to work the championship game! Congratulations Cullen, Zach, and Chris!!

06/15/2025

Happy Father’s Day to the baseball dads and all the umpires who are dads this year! We hope you enjoy a few afternoons on a baseball diamond this summer with your kids!

06/14/2025

Congratulations to Ocean Lakes on being the Class 5 state champion! We are so proud to watch them and Cox go at it in an all-Virginia Beach championship game! What a great game it was and a shame someone had to lose. Two great programs led by outstanding coaches with first class quality players and families. These two teams could not have represented VB better. Congratulations to all the high school teams on a great 2025 season!