http://www.statenews.com Perry Costello says umpiring baseball games is like any other job — it’s nice to get noticed. So when Costello received a call from the International Baseball Federation, or IBAF, in November 2007 telling him he was selected as one of only two American umpires to work at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, it was only natural that the DeWitt resident felt a chill go up his spine. “I’ve worked a lot of big events,” said Costello, who has lived in the Lansing area his entire life. “But after (IBAF director of umpires Dick Runchey) talked to me and offered it to me, it made my neck hairs stand up and I said, ‘OK, that’s pretty cool.’ en-us Foundry4 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:13:45 -0500 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:29:43 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16356/view baseball's an olympic sport? Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:45:56 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16356/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16358/view Yeah, didn’t the IOC rid of both baseball and softball in the Olympic games a few years ago? Or, is that not going into effect until a later Olympic games? Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:34:47 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16358/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16373/view Maybe if you read the article… “Although the International Olympic Committee voted in 2005 to eliminate baseball and softball from the 2012 Olympics in London, Costello and Runchey both said they expect baseball to be back in the 2016 games. “ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:04:10 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16373/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16383/view Over the past few years, I’ve learned State News articles are best not read. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:10:31 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16383/view http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16389/view And that's obviously why you're on the website reading the articles at 1:34 in the morning… moron Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:29:43 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/16389/view