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Blue laws.(dealing with umpires)(Brief Article)
The rule of thumb when dealing with umps is they don't like to get embarrassed.
If you are hitting, as long as you don't look at the home-plate umpire or make any gestures toward him, he will listen to you. You can make a point and move on.
It is a little more tricky if you are a pitcher, because you are 60 feet away. You have to be more subtle. You can move your arms as if to ask where the pitch was. But you had better wait until the next day to ask him. Even then, he might not talk to you at all.
There are plenty of ways to get your point across without going too far.
If you talk to these guys like men and aren't demonstrative, you have a chance. But if you stop the flow of the game and draw attention to them or you, you're in trouble.
It used to be that these guys were looking for a fight; they were very confrontational. Word got around each league fast who you could talk to and who was a tough guy.
The tough guys were Ken Kaiser, Joe West, Bruce Froemming, John Shulock and Durwood Merrill. Dealing with those guys was like handling snakes.
- Famed former umpire Durwood Merrill dies.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Sullivan, T.R. January 11, 2003 700+ words
...official sent a handwritten fax to Durwood Merrill last week, expressing his best wishes...suffered last Sunday. However, Edwin "Durwood" Merrill, 64, died of complications from...flowers, donations are made to the Durwood Merrill Scholarship Fund at New Boston High...
- Former umpire Durwood Merrill passes away.
- News wire article from: Sports Network January 11, 2003 700+ words
Jan 11, 2003 (The Sports Network via COMTEX) Texarkana, TX (Sports Network) - Durwood Merrill, a major league umpire for 23 years, died Saturday at the age of 64. Merrill, who worked the 1988 World Series, passed away...
- MLB Umpire John McSherry Dies During Opening-Day Game
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition April 2, 1996 700+ words
...00-0000 Veteran baseball umpire John McSherry, a giant of a man who had battled...Cincinnati Reds and Montreal Expos. John McSherry died after suffering a massive heart...sorrowful day, given the passing of John McSherry, who was one of our best and most...
- AN UMPIRE'S UMPIRE JOHN MCSHERRY HAILED AS A MAN WHO EARNED RESPECT OF...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) April 7, 1996 700+ words
...Press NEW YORK -- To the end, big John McSherry lived life large. He liked to laugh...good umpire.'' ``We respected John McSherry,'' Cincinnati's Hal Morris said...2) The late National League umpire John McSherry, left, shown arguing with former...
- UMPIRE JOHN MCSHERRY HAD SCHEDULED A TRIP TODAY TO THE DOCTORS. HIS APPOINTMENT...
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot April 2, 1996 700+ words
Byline: ASSOCIATED PRESS\ ASSOCIATED PRESS\ ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI -- Umpire John McSherry, who planned to see doctors the next day about an irregular heartbeat, collapsed on the field two minutes into Cincinnati's...
- Statement by Major League Umpires Wally Bell, Joe Brinkman, Gary Cederstrom,...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 29, 1999 700+ words
The major league umpires have been seriously harmed because union leadership adopted a flawed strategy that was doomed to fail from the beginning. The advice to quit jobs in order to keep them made no sense at all, especially under a collective bargaining contract that not only ruled out strikes,
- JOHN McSHERRY FACTS
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times April 2, 1996 700+ words
Age: 51. Height, Weight: 6-2 1/2, 328 pounds. Birthplace: New York. Residence: Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Medical History: Overweight, irregular heart beat, bouts of heat exhaustion, dehydration, dizziness. Years of Service: 25 years (National League). Showcase Games: All-Star (1975, '82, '91), Division
- Cincinnati Fan Describes Umpire's Death at Game
- Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered April 2, 1996 700+ words
...Expo opening day game where umpire John McSherry died of cardiac arrest. He talks about...after one inning of play when umpire John McSherry suffered a fatal heart attack. It...parkas on our backs, and making umpire John McSherry postpone an appointment with a cardiologist...
