Better Know An Umpire

[BaltimoreTerp]

http://deadspin.com/better-know-an-umpire/

Deadspin is running a series profiling MLB umpires. They are giving basic information (age, number, debut) as well as more interesting facts (career ejections, notable alleged blown calls).

With the discussion umpires receive here (and throughout all baseball talk through history ) I thought it would be good to post this.

[Don Quixote]

Nice....

[scOtt]

Nice....

Very!

I love the "Hated In" statistic. :rofl:

[sangar]

I use to know one. He was a gambling degenerate. He loved the game Omaha, but was a terrible player.

[lint06]

I believe it is Tom Hallion who has perhaps the most irritating called third strike motion and emotive that I can think of. If I were the batter, I'd want to punch him in the junk.