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Umpires for the 102nd World Series named
Randy Marsh, working his fifth Fall Classic, to serve as Crew Chief

Randy Marsh, who is in his 25th year as a Major League Umpire, will be the Crew Chief for the 102nd World Series and will call balls and strikes for Game One of the 2006 Fall Classic, it was announced today.
Marsh's crew will include Tim McClelland (24th year Major League Umpire), John Hirschbeck (23rd year), Mike Winters (17th year), Wally Bell (14th year) and Alfonso Marquez (7th year).

Marsh will be on the field for the World Series for the fifth time in his career (others: 1990, '97, '99, '03). Marsh also was Crew Chief for the 2003 Fall Classic. The Kentucky native has worked five Division Series and seven League Championship Series overall.

This marks McClelland's fourth World Series assignment; the second for Hirschbeck and Winters; and the first for Bell and Marquez. All six Umpires assigned to this year's World Series worked the 2006 Division Series, during which Marsh, McClelland and Hirschbeck served as Crew Chiefs.

Umpire rotation, 102nd World Series


Game One Umpire Previous postseason assignments

HP Randy Marsh (Chief) 5 DS ('98-99, '01, '03, '06); 7 LCS ('89, '92, '95, '00, '02, '04-05); 4 WS ('90, '97, '99, '03)

1B Alfonso Marquez 4 DS ('01-02, '05-06); 1 LCS ('03)

2B Wally Bell 5 DS ('98-99, '03-04, '06); 3 LCS ('00-01, '05)

3B Mike Winters 6 DS ('98-02, '06); 2 LCS ('97, '04); 1 WS ('02)

LF John Hirschbeck 7 DS ('95, '98-99, '01, '03, '05-06); 4 LCS ('90, '97, '00, '04); 1 WS ('95)

RF Tim McClelland 5 DS ('97, '00, '02, '04, '06); 7 LCS ('88, '95, '99, '01, '03, '05); 3 WS ('93, '00, '02)