Schmidt heeds calling as a man in 'blue'

Cheney native making a name for himself, working 200 games so far

PAUL DELANEY, Staff Reporter | Last updated Aug 25, 2016 9:32am0

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Cheney's Tyler Schmidt was staying in form calling a Spokane men's league playoff game Aug. 21 at Avista Stadium. Schmidt has aspirations to pursue a career in the professional ranks.

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Tyler Schmidt will probably be the first to admit that his baseball skills were never meant to set the world on fire.

The proof, perhaps, coming in that the 2008 Cheney High School graduate played just one year of ball for the Blackhawks.

But the 26-year-old Schmidt still wanted to stay connected to sports and has seemingly found that opportunity as the guy so many of us love to hate. He's a baseball umpire.

And not only has Schmidt taken more than a passing fancy with calling balls and strikes, fair or foul balls and when runners are safe or out on the base paths, he's "tripled down" so to sp...