2007 MLB Umpiring Crews
 

Any idea when these are released.

End of this month, beginning of March is when they came out last year.

Any ideas on the new crew chief(s).

that, sir, is BAD math. 64 = 21?

how 'bout 68/4 = 17...

Rumor mill around here has one of our locals, Damien Beale, being brought up
from AAA.

I don't think Damien has worked double digit games in the majors. He might work some fill-in games, but I'd be very surprised if he went full-time this year.

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15 BRINKMAN, Joe
2 CRAWFORD, Jerry
37 DARLING, Gary
12 DAVIS, Gerry
32 DeMUTH, Dana
6 FROEMMING, Bruce
17 HIRSCHBECK, John
30 MARSH, Randy
36 McCLELLAND, Tim
11 MONTAGUE, Ed
23 REED, Rick
31 REILLY, Mike
18 RELIFORD, Charlie
5 SCOTT, Dale
3 WELKE, Tim
22 WEST, Joe
28 YOUNG, Larry

Yikes! Umpire groupies.

No. Just someone who knows where to find the answer to a question.

Damien only has spring training so far. No Big League games. And the list of crews is out, I have it. It might not have been out publicly yet.

Hit 17
 

If blewthatone would count the number of crew chiefs on his NEW 2007 list and tell us; then we would all know the REAL answer.
Odds are now 17 (50%); 18 (25%); 19 (13%); 20 (7%); 21 (4%) and 16 or 22 (1%).

Back to who is on the NEW list. All of the old ones (see list above) plus a couple of new ones minus the old ones being replaced.

Crews have been posted on Joe West's website.

http://majorleagueumpires.com/umpire_crews.htm

Tschida new CC...
 

My $$ was on Cousins, who got a WS and ALCS assignment the past 2 seasons. They are probably reluctant to give a new crew chief opening to somebody who is that much older and nearer retirement.

I'm a fan of Crew 12. Two of my favorite umpires paired together -- Mark Carlson and Ted Barrett.

Fanboys...:rolleyes:

Well, yeah ... :D

Harry Hunter Wendelstedt, Jr., has been retired since following '98. His son, Harry Hunter Wendelstedt III, was among the 25 new hires to the full-time staff after the whole '99 debacle. The younger Wendelstedt goes by his middle name to avoid confusion, yet, still honors his father by wearing his old uniform #.

It must be perfectly acceptable to worship MLB umpires here, just don't mention ever having worked with any, drop their names, or have one as an instructor in your association, or you get a beat down.;)

Did Nelson take over for Brinkman? Brink did retire right??

I heard this afternoon that Ed Hickox and Tom Hallion were re-hired full time as of today.

Brinkman retired. Bob Davidson "took over" or, better put, was promoted in Brinkman's place. Jeff Nelson has been an MLB umpire for 9 years and has done 1 WS, 2 LCS and mulitple division series.

Spring Training
 

I've been following things very closely, thanks to the Spring Training Box Scores located at MLB.com (e.g., who's worked where {both city and base}, on what day, etc.), and, as of the conclusion of games on Wednesday, March 7, 2007, I've been unable to place the following 7 umpires as having made their Spring Training debuts to this point:

Derryl Cousins
Mike DiMuro
Mike Reilly
Mike Winters
Tim McClelland
Andy Fletcher
Brian Runge

Anyone with any knowledge of an update on the status of these guys, who could pass such information on to the rest of us, would be greatly appreciated.

By the way, anyone interested in the file I've been meticulously maintaining, IM, e-mail, or PM me, and I'll be happy to pass it along to you. Just make sure that you're clear about your e-mail address when and/or how ever you choose to (or not to) contact me. The reason I say this is because, all I'm going to wind up doing, is sending it to you as an e-mail attachment.

Thats what we do. We all sit around tracking what umpires have worked spring training games. This post makes your previous polls look like gold.

They are probably in the Umpire Protection Program to avoid Internet stalkers.

HA ! :D