Eric Cooper
 

He has umpired 2 no hitters from behind home plate. He was behind the plate for Randy Johnson in Atlanta, 2 years ago.

That was greg gibson 2 years ago in ATL.

Cooper had Hideo Nomo's no-hitter in 2001, so he has had 2.

But as Pingswinger said, Gibson had Johnson's perfecto.

Mike Reilly and Jeff Kellogg also worked Anibel Sanchez' no-no last September in Miami, in addition to last night's in Chicago.

It appears that Des Moines, Iowa is leading the pack in no-hitters, according to this article in the Des Moines Register:

Buehrle’s gem was Cooper’s second no-hitter — he umpired the plate when Hideo Nomo, then pitching for the Boston Red Sox, no-hit Baltimore on April 5, 2001.

“Count them up,” Cooper said. “The Des Moines-area guys have cornered the market on no-hitters.”

Tim McClelland, a major league umpire who lives in West Des Moines, has worked the plate for one no-hitter.

Mike Everitt, a major league umpire living in Des Moines, also has one as a plate umpire.

“That’s pretty neat, given the size of our city,” Cooper said. “It’s certainly something to brag about.”

I believe McClelland and Cooper host a radio show in the offseason. Cool stuff... I just wish Cooper was on Crew A this year with Young, Barrett, and Carlson.

Young works the plate on a regular basis, and he looks pretty damn sharp in the scissors.

Yes, I was talking about Larry.

Just 3 more and he'll be an official 'ace.'

Larry Young worked the plate in the Dodgers/Padres game on Friday, April 13th, and looked pretty sharp in the scissors. He did get a few gripes on his strike zone, however.

Larry Young is/was also a professional wrestling referee. Ken Kaiser was a professional wrestler before becoming an umpire.

I don't know why I posted this info. I guess just to show that I can be a jock sniffer, too, in a lot of threads...if I wanted to. :eek: :D

Just for clarity, was Larry Young a professional referee for wrestling, or a referee for "professional" wrestling?

Not sure that I'd admit to that in writing :D

The Hulk Hogan stuff...not the olympic stuff.

Go here:

http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemani...1/celebrities/

and scroll to the bottom of the page.

Sorry, I'm trying to point out that I could post on and on about personal tidbits and factoids if I wanted to on this board...but I (generally) don't.

I believe he (Larry) is working the dish in the Cardinals/Cubs game right now.