World Series Crew
 

Ed Montague cc Plate
Lazaro Diaz !B
Ted Barrett 2B
Chuck Meriwether 3B
Mike Everitt LF
Mike Reilly RF

I think Laz Diaz and Mike Reilly are two of the best umpires I have ever seen in person. Diaz, especially, takes an active role no matter what his position.

MLB would honor the umpiring profession by letting Bruce Froemming throw out a ceremonial first pitch in one of the games.

Not unless he won a Taco Bell promotion.

Be sure and keep us abreast of your 40 year MLB career.

With a little luck I'll be on my way after I graduate in a year and a half. Sorry I'm not as ambitious as those Internet umpires like you.

This has got to also be one of the most racially diverse crews in MLB World Series history ;)

3rd time a "minority" has worked the series, after Emmett Ashford and Chuck in 2004.

Ted Barrett speaks
 

Here's a link to an interesting interview with World Series ump Ted Barrett. He talks about how he got started, instant replay, and the McClelland call, among other things.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/sear...nclick_check=1

ESPN also had a nice article on the crew.
:)

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playof...ory?id=3075818


thanks
David

I despise links to sites that require one to register. If it's not viewable, don't bother posting a link.

Mea ex culpa
 

As that poster, let me say yeah, me too, I agree. When I posted it, registration was not required, and I tried the link right after posting and it worked. When I try the link now, the website requires registration. But when I access the website's homepage from my favorite list, I get right in, no registration required. The paper's web editor tells me that registration is a longstanding requirement, but that maybe the registration threshold was changed recently. I'm guessing that we exceeded that particular article's maximum hits, but I've never had problems like that with other discussion group links.

I won't post a link to that paper again.

FWIW, I did register with BS information so I can read it, mainly because Teddy was my roommate at umpire school, and I was interested in the article.

Funny thing was that I registered with a bogus first and last name and it took me over two dozen attempts to come up with a first name that WASN'T used! Names like "Rumpel Stilskin, John Doe, Jane Doe, Joe Schmuck,"--you name it--were all taken. :p

Why don't you or somebody who is resistered for that site go there and cut and paste the entire article into a post on this website. That makes it easy for everybody.

As usual, Bugmenot is your friend. Works fine with the first uid/pwd

Registering is free and voluntary.

Keep those links coming, if you don't mind.