World Series Umpiring Crew

[johnSandlin]

Now the DS's are almost over, I am going to take a shot at the umpiring crew that I think will be assigned to the world series.

I think the crew will look like this:

John Hirschbeck (cc)
Alfonso Marquez
Ted Barrett
Mike Everitt
Ed Rapuano
Randy Marsh

Alt(s): Wally Bell & Larry Poncino

[mattmets]

If Randy Marsh is on the crew I highly doubt Hirschbeck would be the CC.

[mattmets]

Just for craps and chuckles though, based on what I've seen this year I would go with this:

CC: Gerry Davis
1B: Paul Emmel
2B: Wally Bell
3B: Alfonso Marquez
LF: Mike Winters
RF: Ed Rapuano

[UMP25]

There are a lot more than the above from whom to choose. An umpire working the World Series does not need to work an LCS or DS during the same post-season.

[johnSandlin]

Actually, in order to work the world series, I think the umpire had to have been on one of the DS crews in order to qualify for the world series assignment, but I am not 100% for sure on this.

[mattmets]

An umpire working the World Series can NOT work the LCS, but I believe they have made working the DS a requirement.

[rs1128]

The WS crew comes out of the 24 assigned to work the division series, with some consideration given to performance in those series. Look for McClelland, Hirschbeck, and Winters. Bell and Poncino will get rotated in for their first WS each. A few in the DS round can't do WS because they haven't done a CS yet (Emmel, Welke, Diaz, others). But a sixth would come from whatever is left.

[tjones1]

This would be my crew:
Tim McClelland (cc)
Gerry Davis
Eric Cooper
Ted Barrett
Ed Rapnano
Greg Gibson

Highly unlikely, since it would be Barrett's, Cooper's, and Gibson's first WS.

So, out of the 24 DS umpires, 7 of them do not have a CS (O-Nora, Diaz, Emmel, Vanover, Welke, Foster, Randazzo), therefore they are out. Hirschbeck hasn't been since 95, so I'm counting him in. Davis worked the WS in 2004, Marsh and Rapnano worked it in 2003.

So, here is my real shot:
Tim McClelland (cc)
John Hirschback
Tim Tschida
Mike Winters
Larry Poncino (most ML years without a WS)
Wally Bell (second most ML years without a WS)

Edited after I did a little homework.

[tiger49]

It shouldn't be too long until we now who got the series as they have already been told. You can see more on the selection process here. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/of...vent_selection

[goyanksgonj]

Originally Posted by johnSandlin

Now the DS's are almost over, I am going to take a shot at the umpiring crew that I think will be assigned to the world series.

I think the crew will look like this:

John Hirschbeck (cc)
Alfonso Marquez
Ted Barrett
Mike Everitt
Ed Rapuano
Randy Marsh

Alt(s): Wally Bell & Larry Poncino

johnSandlin, between your six regulars and your two alternates suggested here, you've successfully conquered 2/3 of the actual crew members. I'll fumble through the rest of the posts and see if anyone has nailed either of the incorrectly chosen ones, of which you have four, johnSandlin. That might give you a big hint. Also, take this other hint however you choose. You picked the wrong Crew Chief. Have fun!

[tjones1]

How does mine look go?

[goyanksgonj]

mattmets, you picked three correctly, including, hint, hint, one of the two johnSandlin didn't have right. Your Crew Chief is also wrong.

LLPA13UmpDan, how do I say this nicely, nill.

tiger49, you picked four correctly, including, hint, hint, the other one of the two johnSandlin didn't have right. Just like mattmets, however, unfortunately, your Crew Chief is also wrong.

and, tjones1, last but, certainly not least, your real shot, the better of the two selections you had, had four picked correctly, including, hint, hint, the same one of the two johnSandlin didn't have right that tiger49 correctly picked. Just like mattmets and tiger49, however, your Crew Chief is also wrong.

[mattmets]

OK, so, Goyanksgo, let me know if my 3 minutes of effort I put into this was fruitful. Here's the crew I came up with:

CC- Randy Marsh
1B- Alfonso Marquez
2B- Wally Bell
3B- Tim Tschida
LF- Ed Rapuano
RF- Tim McClelland

Even if the positions are wrong, do I have any right? And, just curious, what's your source?

[goyanksgonj]

Originally Posted by mattmets

OK, so, Goyanksgo, let me know if my 3 minutes of effort I put into this was fruitful. Here's the crew I came up with:

CC- Randy Marsh
1B- Alfonso Marquez
2B- Wally Bell
3B- Tim Tschida
LF- Ed Rapuano
RF- Tim McClelland

Even if the positions are wrong, do I have any right? And, just curious, what's your source?

mattmets, you've successfully conquered 2/3 of the actual crew. Only 1/6, however, is in proper position.

The actual crew is as follows:

30, 36, ?, ?, 35, and 72

Source: A certain MLB umpire with his own Web site

[jpc2119]

Larry Poncino and Mike Winters