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Old Fri Jan 05, 2007, 07:52am
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The reason is because that color is his personal preference. At the time of the picture Barksdale was, indeed, a MLB reserve umpire. He's now the #1 umpire on the current permanent MLB roster (alphabetically speaking, of course).