Trivial Trivia-Umpire's Edition

[Bassman]

OK next question:

Emmet Ashford, Eric Gregg, Charlie Williams, Chuck Meriwether, and CB Bucknor. What do all of these MLB umpires have in common??

[tiger49]

Originally Posted by Bassman

OK next question:

Emmet Ashford, Eric Gregg, Charlie Williams, Chuck Meriwether, and CB Bucknor. What do all of these MLB umpires have in common??

All have the same colour skin as Troy Fullwood.

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

George Makergurth.

The pitcher was Charlie Root and the catcher was Gabby Hartnett.

Lou Gehrig hit a home run on the next pitch.

WRONG...the HP ump that day, was Roy von Graflin, an AL umpire, who is in this famous picture here, trying (and failing) to keep a sh** eating grin off his face. Too bad nobody ever asked HIM about about the goings on between Ruth and Gabby Hartnett...

Magerkurth DID work that Series...he just was not behind home that day.

BTW...Hartnett denied to his dying day that Ruth called it..but he sure looks like SOMEthing happened there....

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE

WRONG...the HP ump that day, was Roy von Graflin, an AL umpire, who is in this famous picture here, trying (and failing) to keep a sh** eating grin off his face. Too bad nobody ever asked HIM about about the goings on between Ruth and Gabby Hartnett...

Magerkurth DID work that Series...he just was not behind home that day.

BTW...Hartnett denied to his dying day that Ruth called it..but he sure looks like SOMEthing happened there....

I do believe you're right as Magerkurth worked first base.

[Bassman]

OK Folks, here's a toughie. Who was the last umpire to use a balloon chest protector in a World Series??

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE

WRONG...the HP ump that day, was Roy von Graflin, an AL umpire, who is in this famous picture here, trying (and failing) to keep a sh** eating grin off his face. Too bad nobody ever asked HIM about about the goings on between Ruth and Gabby Hartnett...

Magerkurth DID work that Series...he just was not behind home that day.

BTW...Hartnett denied to his dying day that Ruth called it..but he sure looks like SOMEthing happened there....

Well I wasn't there to witness it, but Magerkurth is listed in the box score that I saw as the plate umpire, so that was what I went by.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Well I wasn't there to witness it, but Magerkurth is listed in the box score that I saw as the plate umpire, so that was what I went by.

What box score? Magerkurth couldn't even remember what the count was on the pitch. That's how legends get started.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

What box score? Magerkurth couldn't even remember what the count was on the pitch. That's how legends get started.

You're right, Magerkurth was working first base. I misread the box score.

[Tim C]

The reason I wanted to be accurate on the PU for Aarons #715 is that in Ed Sudol's obit it says that he was the home plate umpire that night.

Sudol worked second base (Lee Weyer and Frank Pulli were the other two umpires).

Yes, everybody's Padre was at first for the Dodgers.

What number did Satch wear on his plate coat that night?

Regards,

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Originally Posted by Tim C

The reason I wanted to be accurate on the PU for Aarons #715 is that in Ed Sudol's obit it says that he was the home plate umpire that night.

Sudol worked second base (Lee Weyer and Frank Pulli were the other two umpires).

Yes, everybody's Padre was at first for the Dodgers.

What number did Satch wear on his plate coat that night?

Regards,

speaking of Sudol, why are the following dates significant in his career? :

May 31, 1964

April 15, 1968

September 11, 1974

HINT: there is one team associated with each of the games on these dates...good luck!

[Bassman]

Uhh folks, I had the question:

Trivial Trivia-Umpire's Edition

[Bassman]

OK Folks, the answer is Marty Springstead in the 1983 World Series.

[Jim Porter]

Originally Posted by Bassman

OK next question:

Emmet Ashford, Eric Gregg, Charlie Williams, Chuck Meriwether, and CB Bucknor. What do all of these MLB umpires have in common??

None of them have ever been in my kitchen.

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Originally Posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE

speaking of Sudol, why are the following dates significant in his career? :

May 31, 1964

April 15, 1968

September 11, 1974

HINT: there is one team associated with each of the games on these dates...good luck!

OK..another hint...each of these games are in the MLB record book...

[jimpiano]

Originally Posted by ASA/NYSSOBLUE

OK..another hint...each of these games are in the MLB record book...

Ed Sudol was the home-plate umpire on May 31, 1964, the first extra innings game ever at Shea Stadium. It came in the second game of a twin bill with San Francisco and lasted 23 innings. He also worked the plate in the 25-inning game the Mets and Cardinals played on Sept. 11, 1974, at Shea, which is the longest game by time, and the 24-inning game the Mets and Astros played at the Astrodome on April 15, 1968, which was the longest extra innings game with out a score, 22 innings.