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Sat Jan 12, 2008, 12:13am
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I was kind of hoping that this thread would be fun, but I see that the stuffy stodgies have harumphed on the thread already. I enjoy reading about who umpired who back in the day.
I think the pro guys (and Tee) should disqualify themselves here, or at least stick to MLB guys past and present who they umpired when the player was in high school, or adult league after the big leagues. I have umpired over 30 current or former major leaguers when they were in high school. Names on request.
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Sat Jan 12, 2008, 01:13pm
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OK, change the thread a bit -
Who is the FIRST famous player you ever umpired for, and what is your memory of that? Mine was Cliff Floyd back in the late 80's, at the Illinois High School state tournament. He was a USA Today all-american, so they had a reporter and photographer there, and he didn't let them down. He was (is) tall, so when they introduced the teams on the foul lines before the game he "stood out" (no pun intended). Then the games began, and he again "stood out". Pounded the ball every time they didn't intentionally walk him. I mentally flagged him at that time as a player to watch down the road, and he didn't disappoint. JJ
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Sat Jan 12, 2008, 09:29pm
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Brian Giles in HS 1988.
Marcus Giles in Pony League 1990. Tony Clark in HS 1990. Dave Roberts in HS 1990. I can't remember exactly which came first or if there were others prior to 1990, but there were many more from this area who made it to the bigs.
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Matthew 15:14, 1 Corinthians 1:23-25 Last edited by SanDiegoSteve; Sat Jan 12, 2008 at 09:37pm.
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Mon Jan 14, 2008, 05:52pm
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It is funny that this thread recently popped up, because recently I was going through some "crap" boxes and found some old game programs from teams I umpired in the minors. As a minor league umpire, I never kept up with players names (or their faces) so I really had no idea who I had umpired in the minors that went onto MLB.
Well, having found those programs I decided to look at the teams' rosters. I was quite surprised to see who I had umpired...I had no clue!
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Mon Jan 14, 2008, 09:07pm
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Jack Cust
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