Friday, May 18, 2012

Umpires Then & Now ...


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In days of yore, it was a given that umpires existed mostly as lightning rods for abuse - as this vintage comic postcard illustrates. Nowadays, they'll take off their masks and follow a player toward the dugout giving him an earful, something I saw Wally Bell do last night in Houston.

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