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Article: UMPIRES HAVE REGROUPED
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- April 2, 2000
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KEN DAVIDOFF, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
04-02-2000
UMPIRES HAVE REGROUPED -- NEW UNION TAKES EFFECT
By KEN DAVIDOFF, Staff Writer
Date: 04-02-2000, Sunday
Section: SPECIAL SECTION / SPORTS
Edition: All Editions -- Sunday
No one needs a fresh start in this new baseball century as much as
the umpires. Almost nine months after they inadvertently imploded,
costing 22 men their jobs when a union strategy backfired, the men who
call balls and strikes finally have the semblance of order. It has been
a painful, destructive time.
For all of the headaches that have come about, though, the decision
by former Major League Baseball Umpires Association general counsel
Richie Phillips to ...