In the dirt or not?

[Tim C]

According to Bill Blair's definitive piece documenting the development of the modern chest protector a group of umpires started using a version of the "inside protector" in 1938 and by 1939 the umpires moved to what was eventually called "the slot"(these umpires eventually combined when MLB separated umpires into American and National League umpires and became "NL guys"). . . remember Bubba, there were once two sets of umpires that worked different mechanics.

"ASA Robots" are funny to watch.

[Edited by Tim C on Oct 14th, 2005 at 06:25 PM]