Per Buster
MLB announces that umpires Bob Davidson, John Hirschbeck, Jim Joyce and Tim Welke have retired.
Always liked Jim Joyce
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Per Buster
MLB announces that umpires Bob Davidson, John Hirschbeck, Jim Joyce and Tim Welke have retired.
Always liked Jim Joyce
Thank the lord Balkin' Bob Davidson is gone. Still waiting on Angel Hernandez, CB Bucknor and Laz Diaz to retire/be fired.
Never thought John Hirschbeck would retire ever.
Joyce has always been rated as one of the best, some will always remember him for botching the Galarraga Perfect Game.
Joe West is still working.
Can someone remind me which umpire was the one that took a day to get out of his stance and call a strike?
As bad as that was all I ask is for an umpire to admit they wede wrong. So many people with authority refuse to admit they made a mistake and just double down on their mistake when called ln it. Its still a perfect game for me, its even more special because he got the extra out. The pitcher can only control so much, Gallaraga was perfect, umpires not so much. But ump handled it with class and I respect him more for it.
Can't believe no one is mentioning the Welke/Cox feud from the 1996 World Series.
http://articles.latimes.com/1996-10-...1_world-series
Is Sam Holbrook still stealing money from MLB?
I like Jim Joyce a lot more than some of our current umpires...