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Livensparger was one of 150 students in the 2009 class of the five week Jim Evans
Academy of Professional Umpiring, and one of only 25 to graduate. In March 2009, he went on to a Professional Baseball Umpires Corp evaluation course with 50 others, and was one of 25 to pass.
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In 2023, he was promoted to the major leagues as a full-time umpire, after working 382 Major League games as a call-up umpire.
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delayed his training. In the 2022-23 MLB off-season, he was able to attend officer training and graduated as a
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He has a wife, Haley
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On June 10, 2017, he made his MLB debut in a doubleheader between the
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