Players you have umpired

[mbyron]

Chisty Matthewson, Satchel Page, Johnny Evers.

[umpduck11]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Chisty Matthewson, Satchel Page, Johnny Evers.

Wow.... you're a little older than I had imagined.

[mbyron]

Oh, I didn't realize the question was restricted to this life.

[tiger49]

My list;

Tony Fernandez & George Bell...brought up a team from the Dominican to Toronto and they served as coaches.

Jesse Crain, Joey Votto, Scott Thorman, Pete Orr, Shawn Hill, Phillippe Aumont (1st Round pick of Seattle). A bunch more in the minors.

I also did a charity game between a bunch of Toronto area NHLers including Doug Gilmour, Tie Domi, Brendan Shanahan, Eric Lindros and more.

[JJ]

Originally Posted by tiger49

My list;
I also did a charity game between a bunch of Toronto area NHLers including Doug Gilmour, Tie Domi, Brendan Shanahan, Eric Lindros and more.

I didn't realize these guys played baseball, too. (baseball forum)

JJ

[tiger49]

Originally Posted by JJ

I didn't realize these guys played baseball, too. (baseball forum)

JJ

Yeah they need something to do when the ice melts.

[tiger49]

Originally Posted by GarthB

The ice melts in Canada? Must be global warming.

Sometimes it does but never in Buffalo.

[oyaisee]

I threw out Matt Williams from one of his kids games... does that count?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by oyaisee

I threw out Matt Williams from one of his kids games... does that count?

Yes. I didn't get to boot either one, but I did a travel game and the opposing managers were Jack McDowell and Kirk McCaskill. It was a hoot. I had been warned about McDowell being an a-hole, but he was well behaved with me.

[ctblu40]

Bill “Spaceman” Lee... he's a piece of work!

[BBUMP99]

Pat Borders coaches a travel team in my area. I have called a few of his games, if that counts.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

I know that this thread is ancient history, but...


Way back in the mid-1970's when I was attending the University of Miami (the one in Coral Gables, Florida) and officiating H.S. basketball, I officiated a boys' H.S. jr. varsity game with Warren Cromartie. It was a mid-week game and he was reporting to the Montreal Expos Spring Training Camp that weekend for what would be his rookie season (he was the NL's Rookie of the Year). It turned out to be the last basketball game he ever officiated.

Later in the late 1990's I officiated his son in the Connecticut Starters Boys' Spring Basketball Classic.

Small world.

MTD, Sr.

[DG]

Most recent and most memorable, Josh Hamilton when he was on the come back before Cinncinnati signed him. He hit a HR straightaway center that day and I was on the dish.

[ManInBlue]

Can't recall any players that would qualify but I did have Tim Baker (Bo'Sox) as a coach. His son Austin (helping coach) was playing at Christian Brothers University at the time and another son Nathan was pitching at Ole Miss. Tim was delightful, never said a word and was always encouraging to the kids. His son actually told me who he was and gave me a short bio. The funny thing is that I had just seen Nate close a game for Ole Miss the Wed night prior to this weekend tournament.

[billken]

Micah Hoffpauir, Adam Moore, Matt Holliday, Ryan Minor (was the man on the card the day that Cal Ripken Jr. didn't start for the first time in 2,632 games)