THE MEN IN BLUE
by Larry R. Gerlach
Viking; 287 pages; $12.95
Despite their importance, umpires are the invisible men of baseball. Players and fans insult them, though never by printable names. Official histories ignore them. The authoritative Baseball Encyclopedia contains profiles of every man who ever played or managed a team in the major leagues; it makes no mention of those who called the plays.
Now, through the efforts of University of Utah History Professor Larry Gerlach, the umpires strike back. The Men in Blue is a series of interviews with twelve umps emeriti,...
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