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He attended the Joe Brinkman Umpire School in 1987 and was a professional umpire from 1987 to 1996.
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Rick Roder
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His umpiring experience included the Pioneer League (1987), Midwest League (1988-1989), Texas League (1990 and 1992), Southern League (1991), Pacific Coast League (1993), International League (1994), and American Association (1995-1996). He was the head rules instructor at the Brinkman school from 1990 to 1995 and co-authored the only complete re-write of baseball"s professional rules (commonly known as the "Jaksa/Roder Manual") with fellow instructor Chris Jaksa. Roder has authored three other books on rules and umpiring.
He is also the author of Frontiers of Faith: A History of the Diocese of Sioux City and We Are Called: A History of Saint Mary"s Parish, Remsen, Iowa.
Roder is a graduate of Newman University (formerly Kansas Newman College) in Wichita, Kansas, where he was a pitcher for the Jet"s baseball team
