Talk:Pam Postema

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[edit] Notability

• Before making a decision to mark this page for deletion, consider these facts:
  • Although Postema was not particularly notable purely for her umpiring resume, she was the first female to officiate at A, AA, AAA, and quasi-MLB levels. These are unique and notable contributions to the game, and she was a true trailblazer in baseball. Due to the fact that she was a female, there's no real benchmark to compare her success as an umpire to; Postema is the benchmark, or she completely surpassed it if Bernice Gera and Christine Wren [1] are treated as the benchmarks.
  • Of the individuals mentioned on the Baseball Reliquary page in the Shrine of the Eternals section, Postema was the only one not to have a wikipedia page, as of my writing this article.
  • Her story is one of true human interest. She is one of the few umpires who have ever written a published book, and one of even fewer who have written a biographical work rather than an umpiring book.
  • A search for her name on google brings back 12,400 results. A search for Dusty Boggess returns about 19,000, and he was a professional umpire for 18 years, so his name will be listed on countless scorecards and box scores. Nestor Chylak is a hall of famer, and his name only returns 28,000.
    • Just for the record, I am not affiliated in any way with Postema or any of her pals. I found out about her through the Baseball Reliquary wikipedia page and I think this is an article worth adding. Davemcarlson 11:41, 1 December 2006 (UTC)