New umpire positioning and potential pauses in play due to the pandemic are on the minds of central Maine’s high school baseball teams.
Travis Lazarczyk
Columnist
Travis Lazarczyk has covered sports for the Portland Press Herald since 2021. A Vermont native, he graduated from the University of Maine in 1995 with a BA in English. After a few years working as a sports information director and in the ski industry, he began his journalism career at the Berlin (N.H.) Reporter in 1999. Prior to joining the Press Herald, Lazarczyk spent 20 years covering sports in central Maine at the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal. He's been twice honored as the Maine Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association.
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Posted inSidelines, Sports
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Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sidelines, Sports
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Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
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Posted inSidelines, Sports, Uncategorized, Varsity Maine
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