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Umpire Joe West Works 5,000th Career Game
Umpire Joe West Works 5,000th Career Game
Umpire Joe West Works 5,000th Career Game
  DENVER (AP) — Umpire Joe West worked his 5,000th regular season game Tuesday night at Coors Field, and he vividly remembers his first more than 40 years ago. "It was in Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium and Bob Watson hit this long fly ball down the left field line, and at the last second I called it foul and I was praying, 'I hope I'm right,'" he said before Tuesday's game. "I ...
MLB Taps 4 New Umps Replacing Retiring Vets
MLB Taps 4 New Umps Replacing Retiring Vets
MLB Taps 4 New Umps Replacing Retiring Vets
NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Joyce has joined John Hirschbeck, Tim Welke  and Bob Davidson in retiring from Major League Baseball's umpire staff. The commissioner's office said Adam Hamari, Pat Hoberg, Gabe Morales and Carlos Torres have been promoted to the full-time staff...