Also get "As They See 'Em," a modern book about the lives of umpires, "The Best Seat in Baseball, But You Have to Stand," in which a reporter was embedded with an umpiring crew in 1974, and the Society for American Baseball Research book "Umpires and the Art of Umpiring." All are great.
Contact me off-line and I can get you the latter boo…
Also get "As They See 'Em," a modern book about the lives of umpires, "The Best Seat in Baseball, But You Have to Stand," in which a reporter was embedded with an umpiring crew in 1974, and the Society for American Baseball Research book "Umpires and the Art of Umpiring." All are great.
Contact me off-line and I can get you the latter book from SABR for members' price ($17.99) instead of non-members. ($34.99)
Only one umpire in baseball history was banned for life: Tim Higham, in the 1880s. He threw games.
Someone asked an umpire why gamblers never approached them to dump games, and the ump (it might have been Klem) responded: "Because we'd throw him out the hotel room window."
Also get "As They See 'Em," a modern book about the lives of umpires, "The Best Seat in Baseball, But You Have to Stand," in which a reporter was embedded with an umpiring crew in 1974, and the Society for American Baseball Research book "Umpires and the Art of Umpiring." All are great.
Contact me off-line and I can get you the latter book from SABR for members' price ($17.99) instead of non-members. ($34.99)
Only one umpire in baseball history was banned for life: Tim Higham, in the 1880s. He threw games.
Someone asked an umpire why gamblers never approached them to dump games, and the ump (it might have been Klem) responded: "Because we'd throw him out the hotel room window."
Haha nice