Bruce to call #5,000

[GarthB]

I would rather remember Bruce as he umpired at game #4000 than as he does at game #5000. I don't believe he is as sharp, as good, or as mobile as he was. It's kind of like watching Willy Mays after he hung around after being traded from the Giants to the Mets.


Bruce was a great umpire, but as Willy, I think he has hung around a year or two too long.

[TussAgee11]

Scary thing about that positioning is if he calls the runner safe, and Pudge wants to throw somewhere to try to get another out, ole Bruce is right in the way.

At the same time, he probably couldn't have seen the play from anywhere else then where he was standing. Pudge had the plate strattled with his knees on the dirt, no where else to see what was going on then where Bruce was.