Redass or Candyass?

[Carl Childress]

Originally posted by SanDiegoSteve
Carl,

I read somewhere that you had retired from umpiring in 1996. Obviously you came out of retirement. When and why? Did you miss it too much?

I retired so I could watch my grandson play T-ball. Then, Coach Harold Allen, a pitcher in the Astros organization, asked me if I would train the umpires for his Rising Star Baseball School leagues and tournaments.

I was yaking about this and that one evening, and the kiddos wanted a break. I started out of Building A, heading for Bulding B and the head when I heard Charley (his real name, not Jim Evans' Charley) say: "Well, he talks a good game, but I'd like to see him get his fat as* on the field and show us what to do."

So I did.