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Originally posted by Atl Blue
Nope,
"Joe West and Bruce Froemming are two that resigned that were later reinstated, among others."
I think you better check that piece of information also.
You missed two calls in this thread already.
Tee
On July 14, 1999, 23 of the 32 AL umpires, and 33 of the 36 NL umpires tendered their resignations. Bruce Froemming was a union board member. Both he and Joe West were on the list of umpires that resigned. Their resignations were to be effective September 2, 1999.
On July 27, 1999, these same umpires filed a suit in federal court in Philadelphia to be allowed to rescind their resignations. A settlement was reached in arbitration, led by US District Court Judge J. Curtis Joyner. 22 of the umpires' resignations were accepted; the others were allowed to return. Ironically, Joe West was one of the umpires that was NOT going to be allowed to return. Further court actions and settlements led to some of these 22 umpires being allowed to return as well.
There is still court action going on regarding back pay that was not paid to these umpires. (Cites available if needed)
Now, I have admitted to incorrectly stating the name of the union attorney as Richie Garcia when in fact it was Richie Phillips, as Dave as pointed out. Other than spelling, where was the other blown call in this thread?
http://www.fmew.com/archive/umpire/
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas..._wednesday_ap/
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According to Sports Illustrated CNN this is the list of the 22 who ACTUALLY resigned.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas..._wednesday_ap/
(Funny, the url looks familiar)
National League
Gary Darling
Bob Davidson
Bruce Dreckman
Eric Gregg
Tom Hallion
Bill Hohn
Sam Holbrook
Paul Nauert
Larry Poncino
Frank Pulli
Terry Tata
Larry Vanover
Joe West
American League
Drew Coble
Jim Evans
Dale Ford
Rich Garcia
Ed Hickox
Mark Johnson
Ken Kaiser
Greg Kosc
Larry McCoy
Noticeably absent is Bruce Froemming. Although he was one of the orginal umpires who "resigned" his resignation was withdrawn and he was not one of the 22 whose resignations were accepted, thus he was not, as you had stated, one of the resigned umpires who was reinstated.
No homerun.
[Edited by GarthB on Aug 24th, 2004 at 01:04 PM]