Demoting MLB umpires

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Larry1953

mb(Mike)... Oops, I was referring to Mike Strybel's initial post....I didn't see where there were two Mikes in the thread.

No worries ... so --- where is this reply of Mike's to which you refer? All I see before my post is his OP ... no reply.

Oops.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

No worries ... so --- where is this reply of Mike's to which you refer? All I see before my post is his OP ... no reply.

Oops.

I think he means that Mike Strybel started this thread as a reply to a post in another, now-closed, thread.

I wasn't sure to which "Mike" Larry was referring, but I also don't think it matters.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I think he means that Mike Strybel started this thread as a reply to a post in another, now-closed, thread.

I wasn't sure to which "Mike" Larry was referring, but I also don't think it matters.

Me neither, really... hence the smiley.

[MikeStrybel]

This reminds me of Rosie Ruiz. Wait, I meant to use a smiley.

If someone thanks you, it matters.

[JJ]

Wasn't Al Clark fired for shoplifting baseball cards? I seem to remember that story from years back....

JJ

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by JJ

Wasn't Al Clark fired for shoplifting baseball cards? I seem to remember that story from years back....

JJ

Al Clark already mentioned here... downgrading plane tickets and using the difference for personal trips. He was under investigation for the other when this happened.

[MikeStrybel]

John,
I was at a clinic with Tim Tschida shortly after the Clark's story broke. He was hesitant to say but a bit of prodding from the umpires present brought out allegations of memorabilia abuse. Clark had worked some high profile games and allegedly marketed baseballs from those games. It turned out that the balls were frauds. MLB discovered the activities. Apparently there was a history there and fellow umpires knew. He was prosecuted for it if I remember correctly. It's too bad, he was one of the first to wear glasses on the field and brought some levity to the game. The Dave Pallone firing was far more troubling. The Commish at the time was a homophobe who feared bad PR. Maybe you remember the umpire's name, I am on my Droid and won't look it up, who was fired for trying to unionize MLB crews. More bad PR.

Hope all is well. Saw your name attached to the Fall Ball D1 clinic next month. Dress warm.

Mike

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by JJ

Wasn't Al Clark fired for shoplifting baseball cards? I seem to remember that story from years back....

JJ

Don't know about Al Clark, but Bob Engel's career ended when he was caught shoplifting about 4,000 baseball cards from a Target store.