Jim Guzdowski has
been umpiring baseball and softball for more than 35 years and has been a
member of the Babe Ruth National Umpire Association (NUA) for over 30 years. He
has umpired a Babe Ruth baseball World Series, 22 Babe Ruth Southeast Region
Baseball tournaments, and has served as the Crew Chief in 14 of those
tournaments. He has also umpired nine Southeast Region Babe Ruth Softball
tournaments and has served as the Crew Chief in eight of those tournaments. Jim
has also umpired many Virginia State and District Babe Ruth baseball and
softball tournaments and has served as the Crew Chief in many of them.
Jim has been
consulted on numerous occasions by the Babe Ruth Southeast Region
Commissioner regarding rules changes for the Rookie baseball age group and the
8U softball age group. His recommendations are presently reflected in the
current Southeast Region rules for those age groups.
Jim is also a
Virginia High School League (VHSL) varsity official in baseball, softball, and
basketball. He has been a member of the Bull Run Officials Association for more
than 30 years and he serves on the training committee for that association.
Jim is a retired
major crimes detective with the Prince William County Police Department in
Virginia. He was a patrol officer for 6 years and a major crimes detective for
22 years. Interesting to note that he has assisted Scotland Yard in a homicide
investigation and participated in the investigation of the DC sniper case. In
addition, Jim has appeared on the national television show Unsolved Mysteries
regarding a 10-year-old murder case. As a result, the suspect was apprehended
in Phoenix, Arizona, within 24 hours, extradited to Virginia and convicted.
Jim lives in Manassas, Virginia, with his wife, Susan, and recently
retired from his position as a civilian senior crime analyst in the Violent
Crime detective division of the Prince William County Police Department.
