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Mike Reilly will head up the National League Championship Series umpire crew.
Mike Reilly will head up the National League Championship Series umpire crew.
 MLB names LCS umpires
Major League Baseball has named the two umpiring crews that will officiate the League Championship Series. The National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies will begin on Thursday, October 9th at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, while the American League Championship Series featuring the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays will start on Friday, October 10th at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Full story > >
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Division Series umpires announced
Major League Baseball has assigned the four umpiring crews that will work the American League and National League Division Series, which are scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Oct. 1st and Thursday, Oct. 2nd. The four crew chiefs will be Joe West, Gerry Davis, Dana DeMuth and Tim Welke.  Full story > >
Ump makes country call
As umpire Cowboy Joe West sees it, baseball is a natural theme for country music. Featuring witty and often touching spoken word pieces about baseball, family and small-town America, his new album illuminates that relationship. Full story >
Umps pass around bear-y good time
Harboring a pile of Build-A-Bear and Wally the Green Monster stuffed animals, a loaded cart rolled through the ninth floor of Children's Hospital Boston on Tuesday morning. Full story >
Umpires deliver bear-y good time
Wednesday, 8-year-old Rachel Casper was diagnosed with Type-1 juvenile diabetes. Her vacation in Hershey Park, Pa., ended with a trip to the doctor's office, and within a matter of hours she was a patient at the Inova Fairfax hospital. Full story >
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