WBC Umpires announced

Thirty-six umpires, from a total of nine countries, have been assigned to officiate the World Baseball Classic.

A crew of four umpires will work each game in the first two rounds of the tournament, and six-man crews will work the semifinals and finals. Each crew will include an equal number of Major League and international umpires.

It’s a diverse group.

Of the 36 World Baseball Classic umpires, 21 come from the Major Leagues. There are also four umps from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball and two from the Korean Baseball Organization.

The umpires from the United States are Lance Barksdale, Ted Barrett, Eric Cooper, Derryl Cousins, Dana DeMuth, Laz Diaz, Bruce Dreckman, Paul Emmel, Andy Fletcher, Greg Gibson, Ed Hickox, Marvin Hudson, Dan Iassogna, Ron Kulpa, Jerry Meals, Bill Miller, Ed Rapuano, Larry Vanover, Mark Wegner, Hunter Wendelstedt and Joe West.

Canada will be represented by umpires Corrie Davis and Stephane DuPont. Seong Hoon Moon and Seok Hwan Oh will represent Korea. The Japanese umpires are Minoru Nakamura, Masato Tomoyose, Hitoshi Watarida and Masami Yoshikawa. Latin America will be represented by Mexico’s Luis Ramirez and Dan Toledo, Panama’s Edgar Estivison, Cuba’s Jorge Perez, along with Puerto Rico’s Carlos Rey and Willie Rodriguez.

Australia will send umpire Paul Hyham.