Rip Eric Gregg

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Originally Posted by WhatWuzThatBlue

ESPN is amazing.

Eric Gregg will be remembered for one rotten game in a Marlins-Braves game and a controversial series with the Cubs-Braves. That's a shame because he was a cool guy with some great stories. Like McSherry, he was a big guy and not the best umpire in the Show, but he made it. In 1999, when Phillips screwed the pooch, it was guys like Gregg that took the pipe for it. He was just interviewed on a Philly station last year and said that he could hardly bear to watch the game any more since he missed it too much. There's a lesson there, boys...

I was disgusted with the way ESPN handled the news....it was like a 10-second "Oh yea, by the way, and ex-umpire with a HUGE zone died today." thing, not even flashing his picture up on the screen. Eric may not have been the best umpire but I would dare anyone to say they didn't like him. It's terrible to see how his post-baseball life played out. RIP