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Center Field on Fire

An Umpire's Life with Pine tar Bats, Spitballs, and Corked Personalities

Dave Phillips
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Pages
224
Year
2012
Language
English
Publisher
Triumph Books

About

Former MLB umpire Dave Phillips was at the center of some of baseball's most unforgettable momentsComiskey's infamous Disco Demolition Night, Gaylord Perry's spitball ejection, Albert Belle's confiscated corked bat and George Brett's pine tar bat debacleand he shares with baseball fans the untold stories behind those incidents and many others, giving baseball fans a complete perspective on the life of an umpire.

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