The Minor League Baseball Umpire Training Academy is a natural extension of Minor League Baseball and its ongoing efforts to enhance umpire training and development.
 The MiLB Umpire Training Academy opened its doors in 2012 to allow students the opportunity to achieve their fullest personal and professional aspirations.
 Since Minor League Baseball Umpire Development’s inception in 1997, every umpire hired by Major League Baseball has come through the Minor League Baseball Umpire Development system.
David Bruce Bialas (born February 6, 1954) is an American former minor league baseball player and is currently the manager of the New York Yankees Class A Minor League Short Season team in Staten Island, New York and Major League Baseball coach.
 He served as a coach for the Chicago Cubs from 1995 through 1999 and in 2002.
 As a minor league outfielder and first baseman in the St. Louis Cardinals system, Bialas played 1021 games from 1973 through 1982, batting .274 in 3448 at bats, with 36 home runs, 214 RBIs and 263 runs scored.
 As a minor league manager in the Cardinals' and Cubs' systems, he managed 1373 games, winning 711 and losing 662 for a winning percentage of .518.
 On November 1, 2012, the Atlanta Braves announced Bialas as their next minor league fielding coordinator, replacing Dave Trembley.
Spencer Ross is an American sportscaster.
 With the exception of the New York Mets, Ross has called play-by-play for every professional New York metropolitan area sports franchise, including the Yankees of MLB, the Nets and Knicks of the NBA, and Jets and Giants of the NFL.
 He has also called games for the Americans of the ABA and, in the NHL, for the New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders and the New York Rangers.
 Outside of New York, he has called games for the Florida State Seminoles and Boston Celtics.
 Nationally, he has worked for the "NFL on NBC", "Major League Baseball on CBS Radio", the NCAA Basketball Tournament on Westwood One Radio and as the lead play by play announcer for the 1992 USA Olympic Dream Team with Dick Vitale.
The Lethbridge Black Diamonds were a minor league baseball team located in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
 The team was previously known as the Lethbridge Mounties from 1992–1995 before becoming the Lethbridge Black Diamonds from 1996–1998.
 They were one of the first two farm clubs of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
 Only 16 months after Arizona was granted a major league baseball franchise, the first farm club — the Lethbridge Black Diamonds — took the field.
 The team started playing two years before their parent club even played a game.
 The team played their first game in June 1996, whereas the Arizona Diamondbacks started playing in April 1998.
 The team played in the Pioneer League, which is a rookie league, with a shortented season, in Minor League Baseball.
 Their home stadium was Henderson Stadium.
 In 1999, the team was moved and became the Missoula Osprey.
Jim Kelch is a broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds.
 He joined the Reds broadcast team in 2010.
 Prior to joining the Reds broadcast team, he called games for the Louisville Bats, Peoria Chiefs, Chattanooga Lookouts, Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball, NCAA Division II men's basketball semifinal championships, Louisville Cardinals football, men's basketball, women's basketball, Bellarmine University, and called the 2009 NCAA Women's national championship game.
 Kelch is a graduate of Bradley University.
 Joining Kelch on the broadcast team for the Reds are Marty Brennaman, Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh, George Grande, and, occasionally, Sean Casey.
The Gulf Coast League (GCL) Royals were a minor league baseball franchise in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League from 1971–1978, 1982-1983 and 1985–2002.
 The club was owned and operated by the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball.
 The GCL Royals played games at Florida-based minor league and spring training facilities located in Sarasota (through 1987), Baseball City Stadium in Davenport (1988–1992; 1999–2002) and Fort Myers (1993–1998).
The Duluth Dukes was the name of an American minor league baseball franchise that represented Duluth, Minnesota, in the Northern League from 1935 to 1942, and from 1946 to 1955.
 In addition, a separate edition of the Dukes was one of four franchises in the short-lived Twin Ports League, a "Class E" minor league that played for six weeks during the 1943 season.
 The Dukes played at Athletic Park from 1935 to 1940.
 Beginning in 1941, the team played its home games at Wade Stadium.
The Louisville Bats are an American minor league professional baseball franchise based in Louisville, Kentucky.
 The Bats are the Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds.
 The team, formerly known as the Louisville RiverBats, plays in the International League.
 The Bats play their home games at Louisville Slugger Field; the naming rights for the stadium were purchased by Hillerich & Bradsby, makers of the famous Louisville Slugger baseball bat.
The Fort Myers Royals were a minor league affiliate of the Kansas City Royals from 1978-1987.
 In 1978 the Royals were brought to Fort Myers, Florida by the Kansas City franchise.
 This was because Fort Myers served as the spring training home of the Kansas City Royals.
 The Royals were a Single A Florida State League franchise.
 The team played at Terry Park Ballfield from 1978 until 1987.
 In 1985 the Royals won the Florida State League Championship.
 Kevin Seitzer and Bret Saberhagen were members of that Fort Myers Royals team.
 The Minor League franchise left Fort Myers in 1988 when the Major League Baseball franchise moved Spring Training to Haines City, Florida and Baseball City Stadium.
The Minor League Baseball Yearly (MiLBY) Awards are given annually to the most outstanding players, teams, single-game performances, plays, moments, homers, and promotions of the year.
 Initiated by Minor League Baseball in 2005 as the "This Year in Minor League Baseball Awards", the awards were renamed the "MiLBY Awards" in 2008.
 Baseball fans select the nominees for and winners of the awards, via the online voting system on MiLB.com, the official website of Minor League Baseball.

Question: This is the state where Jim Kelch called games for a minor league baseball franchise.
Answer: Kentucky